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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... Ireland to be king there . Henry's turbulent relations with Ireland went back at least as far as 1167 and possibly earlier . Ever since William Rufus allegedly saw the Irish coastline from Wales on a clear day , it had been at the back ...
... Ireland - Richard , son of Gilbert de Clare , 1st earl of Pembroke , and better known to history as Strongbow , a ' busted ' earl down on his luck , whose pedigree , said Gerald of Wales , was much longer than his purse . " Strongbow ...
... Ireland , he bowed to necessity and allowed him to depart for Ireland , this time in semi - disgrace . From April 1208 , for five years , Marshal remained in Ireland while John's fit of the sulks continued , finally bringing peace to ...