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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... peace . " As King Henry's treasurer gloatingly remarked : ' So the mighty learned that to wrest the club from the hand of Hercules was no easy task . ” 72 Yet if Louis so signally bowed the head to a greater general , the 16- year - old ...
... peace terms could be made more permanent.48 Richard spent a satisfied Christmas at Poitiers , sufficiently relaxed to take an interest in the election of a new bishop of Durham.49 The peace conference at Louviers in the Seine valley in ...
... peace and after the peace attempts treachery , in order to outwit by guile those he could not by force . Wishing , therefore , with careful precaution to guard against such treacheries , by the authority of this letter we grant you this ...