Richard Coeur de Lion

Richard Coeur de Lion
Author: John Gillingham
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781852850845

The real character and abilities of Richard I of England have largely been hidden by his contemporary and subsequent fame. In consequence his achievements and many of the main features of his reign have been wrongly assessed. In these essays John Gillingham goes far to redress the balance by examining Richard's reign in general and in detail. He refutes the idea of Richard as simply a warrior, incapable of thinking in terms of administration or of coherent planning. Richard's ability, and his application to work, compared favourably with that of his father, Henry II. John Gillingham shows how successfully Richard solved some of the perennial problems facing a medieval king. On two specific scores he demonstrates that Richard acted for strategic reasons rather than on whim: his marriage to Berengaria of Navarre in May 1191 was planned as an essential element in an elaborate diplomatic manocuvre; while his death in April 1199, fighting the lord of Chalus, was met in an atempt to solve a serious political challenge not in an impetuous squabble over treasure. John Gillingham brings out both the nature and the importance of war in medieval society. The book also includes a general survey of the history and nature of the Angevin Empire.

Pulp Fictions of Medieval England

Pulp Fictions of Medieval England
Author: Nicola McDonald
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2004-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780719063190

Pulp fictions of medieval England comprises ten essays on individual popular romances; with a focus on romances that, while enormously popular in the Middle Ages, have been neglected by modern scholarship. Each essay provides valuable introductory material, and there is a sustained argument across the contributions that the romances invite innovative, exacting and theoretically charged analysis. However, the essays do not support a single, homogenous reading of popular romance: the authors work with assumptions and come to conclusions about issues as fundamental as the genre's aesthetic codes, its political and cultural ideologies, and its historical consciousness that are different and sometimes opposed. Nicola McDonald's collection and the romances it investigates, are crucial to our understanding of the aesthetics of medieval narrative and to the ideologies of gender and sexuality, race, religion, political formations, social class, ethics, morality and national identity with which those narratives engage.

Richard Coeur de Lion and Blondel

Richard Coeur de Lion and Blondel
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Publisher:
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2016-12-17
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781479424610

This classic poetry sequence is taken from Charlotte Bronte's handwritten notes.

Lionheart

Lionheart
Author: Richard I
Publisher: Spiffing Covers
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2014-10-02
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9781910256565

The diary of the second king of the Plantagenet dynasty who lived in England only six months during his ten year reign.

Coeur de Lion

Coeur de Lion
Author: Ariana Reines
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781934200483

A reissue of the instant cult-classic love poem--an investigation of poetic address--by Ariana Reines, a commanding young poet.

Richard the Lionheart

Richard the Lionheart
Author: Jean Flori
Publisher:
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2006
Genre: Crusades
ISBN: 9780748620470

Examines both Richard's role as prince and king in history, and also analyses the different and sometimes controversial elements which, for the chroniclers of his day, helped to make Richard a true model of chivalry

Warriors of God

Warriors of God
Author: James Reston, Jr.
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 030743012X

Acclaimed author James Reston, Jr.'s Warriors of God is the rich and engaging account of the Third Crusade (1187-1192), a conflict that would shape world history for centuries and which can still be felt in the Middle East and throughout the world today. James Reston, Jr. offers a gripping narrative of the epic battle that left Jerusalem in Muslim hands until the twentieth century, bringing an objective perspective to the gallantry, greed, and religious fervor that fueled the bloody clash between Christians and Muslims. As he recounts this rousing story, Reston brings to life the two legendary figures who led their armies against each other. He offers compelling portraits of Saladin, the wise and highly cultured leader who created a united empire, and Richard the Lionheart, the romantic personification of chivalry who emerges here in his full complexity and contradictions. From its riveting scenes of blood-soaked battles to its pageant of fascinating, larger-than-life characters, Warriors of God is essential history, history that helps us understand today's world.

Lionheart

Lionheart
Author: Richard Collingridge
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2016-02-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545913772

Get transported to a lush, vibrant jungle in this gorgeously illustrated picture book about facing your fears. Richard hears something in his room before bedtime. Is it a monster? He doesn't wait to find out and sets off running through the streets, over the hills, through the forest, and into the fields until he finds himself in a magical jungle. With the help of his stuffed lion Lionheart, Richard finds the courage he needs to face his fears.