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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... knights could knock down the walls of Jericho , and the judgement remained valid one hundred years later . With ... knights , so the knights could often be seen charging around a battle- field like porcupines , stuck with shafts that had ...
... knights , for each horseman addi- tionally needed 15 lbs of fodder and five gallons of water a day for each horse . Six thousand horses accompanied Richard's army on the march , for most knights had three horses : either the warhorse ...
... knights , Peter Tristan , jumped off his horse and covered the king with his body until more and more French knights arrived , slaughtering the lightly armoured German foot . Gradually the French forced the Germans back , but not ...