Richard I /John Gillingham.

Gillingham, John.

Richard I /John Gillingham. Richard, 1 Richard, the first - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)1999. - 1 online resource (xiv, 378 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Yale English monarchs .

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. The Best of Kings, the Worst of Kings -- 2. Through Muslim Eyes -- 3. Aquitaine, 1157-72 -- 4. War without Love, 1173-4 -- 5. Duke of Aquitaine, 1175-83 -- 6. The Uncertain Inheritance, 1184-9 -- 7. Duke of Normandy, King of England, 1189 -- 8. France and Sicily, 1190 -- 9. The Conquest of Cyprus -- 10. The Siege of Acre, 1191 -- 11. Towards Jerusalem -- 12. Ascalon and Jaffa -- 13. A Captive King -- 14. The Character of a Lionheart -- 15. England 1194-9 -- 16. France 1194-6 -- 17. France 1197-8 -- 18. Death and Repentance, 1199 -- 19. In Richard's Shadow.

"Unique among the kings of England, Richard I played a leading role in the great events of world history - in his case the struggle for control of the Middle East by two great religions, Islam and Christianity. No other monarch took on a challenge remotely comparable with that of the Third Crusade: taking a fleet and army to the eastern end of the Mediterranean and facing down an adversary as formidable as the great Saladin." "Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century historians such as Hume, Gibbon and Stubbs criticized Richard for his neglect of domestic government and policy, and cast him as a careless ruler and bad husband." "Harnessing the latest sources and interpretations, John Gillingham provides a new assessment of Richard I, looking at what matters in history as well as what matters in legend."--Jacket.



9780300183917


Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199.
Richard, I, King of England, 1157-1199.


Crusades--Third, 1189-1192.


Electronic Books.

DA207 / .R534 1999