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Richard the Lionheart : king and knight
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Richard the Lionheart : king and knight

Author: Jean Flori
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, ©2006.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Named Person: Richard, King of England; Richard, roi d'Angleterre
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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