The court of the Lionheart on crusade, 1190–2 |
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Authors: | Richard R Heiser |
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Institution: | History, Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina, United States of America |
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Abstract: | The source material that records the history of the Third Crusade gives the impression that Richard was a king who found it easy to interact with people from different backgrounds. Though he was one of the greatest warrior-kings of the medieval era, he was comfortable with churchmen and knights, with Frenchmen and Anglo-Normans, with lords and clerks, with his men and his father’s men. No doubt every royal court was a bustling, perhaps nearly chaotic, environment, but the individuals found in this study indicate that the court of Richard I was not an ivory tower to which only his barons had access. |
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Keywords: | Richard I Third Crusade Angevins England Anglo-Normans |
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