{"product_id":"richard-the-lionheart-9780748620463","title":"Richard the Lionheart","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 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.","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404472000855,"sku":"9780748620463","price":130.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780748620463.jpg?v=1730486572","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/richard-the-lionheart-9780748620463","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}