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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... campaign eased . On the other hand , the Franks might ride the crest of the wave and immediately assault Jerusalem . But which would it be : Egypt or Jerusalem ? On the hunch that the Franks must surely strike at the Holy City , Saladin ...
... campaign , 421-44 at Runnymede , 424 seizes Dover Castle , 438 seizes Rochester , 438-41 makes overtures to Philip ( 1215-16 ) , 442 leaves Rochester on march west , 443 ducks a siege of London , 443-44 harries the North , 444-45 and ...
... campaign of , against Richard , 168-69 , 172 , 175 , 177 , 203 , 217 , 221 , 264 , 269 , 465 and overt hostility to Richard , 221 , 302 , 303 intrigues with Henry VI , 229 , 230 , 232 , 234 , 237 , 238 intrigues with John , 230–31 , 237 ...