Lionheart and Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of ConquestJonathan Cape, 2006 - 578페이지 Anyone who has seen 'The Lion in Winter' will remember the vicious, compelling world of the Plantagenets: the towering, almost psychopathic Henry II, commander of the slaughter of Thomas a Becket, at war with both his wife, the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his sons (including the subjects of this remarkable book, Richard and John). And readers of the romance of Robin Hood will be familiar with the type-casting of Good King Richard, defending Christendom in the Holy Land, and Bad King John who usurps the kingdom in his absence. But how much do these popular stereotypes correspond with reality?
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... Hugh de Lacy served as viceroy only in 1172–73 , being replaced by Strongbow in the years 1173-77 . It was only on Strongbow's death in 1177 that Hugh regained . the viceroyalty , which he held until 1184. After dealing with his Normans ...
... Hugh decided that the only solution was to go to Normandy to confront the king . He found Richard in his chapel at Château - Gaillard , hearing High Mass on the feast of St Augustine , with the two bishops of Durham and Ely at his side ...
... Hugh's colleague there had not had the wisdom to travel to Normandy ) .34 When Hugh had left , Richard told his courtiers : ' If the other bishops were like him , no king or ruler would dare to raise up his head against them ...