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| Named Person: | Richard, King of England |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jean Flori |
| ISBN: | 9780275993979 0275993973 |
| OCLC Number: | 78893526 |
| Notes: | Originally published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006. First published: Paris : Payot & Rivages, c1999. |
| Description: | vi, 450 p. : maps, geneal. tables ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : Richard : a 'Roi-Chevalier'? -- pt. 1. Prince, King and crusader. -- The early years -- Richard the younger son, Count of Poitou (1174-83) -- Richard the eldest son, Duke of Aquitaine (1184-9) -- King Richard -- Richard in Sicily (1190-1) -- Cyprus and Acre -- Richard versus Saladin (1191-2) -- The lion caged (1192-4) -- Richard versus Philip Augustus (1194-8) -- The death of the lion (1199) -- pt. 2. A king as mirror of chivalry. -- Richard's image and chivalry -- Chivalry imagined before Richard -- Richard and the three orders -- Chivalric prowess -- The King of England's prowess -- Prowess in outremer -- Royal Largesse -- Chivalric conduct -- Richard and women -- Richard and his legend. |
| Other Titles: | Richard Cœur de Lion. |
| Responsibility: | by Jean Flori ; translated by Jean Birrell. |
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