Richard the Lionheart - Softcover

John-gillingham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0297796097 ISBN 13: 9780297796091

Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1989

Synopsis

Based on factual interpretation and original research conducted in France and England, this new biography dispels much of the myth surrounding Richard the Lionhearted to reveal one of England's most capable rulers

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Review:

No monarch has generated more conflicting opinions, or demanded more effort from the historian attempting to disentangle myth from reality. John Gillingham contends that the popular views of Richard are false, that they are based upon legend and not upon evidence. Strip away the legend and look at the evidence, study Richard on his home ground in the turbulent Duchy of Aquitaine, and a new picture of Richard emerges. He is still the crusading knight and patron of troubadours, but he is also a capable ruler with a clear eye for political realities. Indeed, in the sheer breadth of his vision, in the ability not only to conceive great enterprises but also to carry them out, he (though no Englishman) was one of the ablest kings ever to sit upon the throne of England. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0297796097
• ISBN 13: 9780297796091
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320