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Book SynopsisJean Flori's Richard Coeur de Lion was written to mark the eighth centenary of the death of the "knightly king". The book is a tour de force that provides the reader with a reappraisal of Richard's life as well as a study of the myth and reality of Richard's image as the personification of medieval chivalry.
Trade ReviewOffers a synthesis of scholarship as well as fresh assessment of Richard I's life with particular attention to the ethos of high-medieval chivalry. Jean Flori is one of Europe's most highly regarded historians, one of the world's leading medievalists, a recognized scholar of the crusades and probably 'the' expert on the concept of chivalry. -- Jochen Burgtorf, Assistant Professor of Medieval World History, California State University, Fullerton Offers a synthesis of scholarship as well as fresh assessment of Richard I's life with particular attention to the ethos of high-medieval chivalry. Jean Flori is one of Europe's most highly regarded historians, one of the world's leading medievalists, a recognized scholar of the crusades and probably 'the' expert on the concept of chivalry.
Table of ContentsPart 1. Prince, King and Crusader; Chapter 1. The Early Years; Chapter 2. Richard the Younger Son, Count of Poitou (1174-83); Chapter 3. Richard the Eldest Son, Duke of Aquitaine (1184-89); Chapter 4. King Richard; Chapter 5. Richard in Sicily (1190-1); Chapter 6. Cyprus and Acre; Chapter 7. Richard against Saladin (1191-2); Chapter 8. The Lion in a Cage (1192-4); Chapter 9. Richard against Philip Augustus (1194-8); Chapter 10. The Lion's Death; Part 2. A Mirror of Chivalry; Chapter 11. Images of Richard and Chivalry; Chapter 12. Chivalry Imagined before Richard; Chapter 13. Richard and the Three Orders; Chapter 14. Chivalric Prowess; Chapter 15. The Prowess of the King of England; Chapter 16. Prowess in Outremer; Chapter 17. Royal Largesse; Chapter 18. Chivalric Conduct; Chapter 19. Richard and Women; Chapter 20. Richard and his Legend; Bibliography.
