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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... soon had more serious concerns to attend to . Warfare was already probable when an insurrection in Messina made it certain . The crusader rank and file had not even managed to live on friendly terms with the people of Lisbon , so it was ...
... soon found that the allegedly impenetrable carapace of Angevin defences was no such thing . Mere fortifications cannot bolster morale , and the mood throughout Normandy in early 1203 was vehemently anti - John , with more and more ...
... soon as he returned from Normandy , in 1204 he was betrothed to John's illegitimate daughter Joan , and in 1206 he ... soon got bogged down in the mountain country of the north . While Llewellyn proved a master of guerrilla warfare ...