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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... siege engineers is marked . The most detailed recent study of the siege of Acre stresses the originality of Richard's contribution . ' Crusader poliorcetics at Acre involved techniques and machinery characteristic of twelfth - century ...
... siege engine better designed for the mobile campaign Richard now contemplated , as it could be moved around , unlike the mangonel which was too heavy to transport once assembled . " 1 Yet though Saladin could match Richard when it came ...
... siege ; but the detachment left behind , demor- alised by their king's sudden departure , promptly abandoned the task and fled . Richard's forces , soon in hot pursuit , captured Philip's entire siege train , and on 30 May the Lionheart ...