Richard I : the crusader king
Asbridge, Thomas S.2018
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Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England's most famous medieval monarchs and a potent symbol of national identity, he barely spent six months on English soil during a ten-year reign and spoke French as his first language. Contemporaries dubbed him the 'Lionheart', reflecting a carefully cultivated reputation for bravery, prowess and knightly virtue, but this supposed paragon of chivalry butchered close to 3,000 prisoners in cold blood on a single day. And, though revered as Christian Europe's greatest crusader, his grand campaign to the Holy Land failed to recover the city of Jerusalem from Islam. Seeking to reconcile this conflicting evidence, Thomas Asbridge's incisive reappraisal of Richard I's career questions whether the Lionheart really did neglect his kingdom.
Main title:
Richard I : the crusader king / Thomas Asbridge.
Author:
Asbridge, Thomas S., author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2018.
Collation:
128 pages ; 18 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780141976853 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
942.032092920 RIC
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
262609