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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... seemed to have something of a grudge against the Church , perhaps because it preached the triumph of good and the doctrine of redemption , but it is certain that he took a particular relish in sacking and despoiling churches , abbeys ...
... seemed to be no strong ruler whom one could threaten or cajole , for the so - called ' high king ' was not a true monarch in the sense under- stood in the rest of Western Europe but part of a ' triarchy ' of king , Church and brehons or ...
... seemed ended . But an even greater one almost at once supervened . Ever since Henry II's death , Britanny had been a weak link in the Angevin empire , so Richard decided to summon to his court his late brother Geoffrey's wife Constance ...