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- catalog abstract ""Unique among the kings of England, Richard I played a leading role in the great events of world history - in his case the struggle for control of the Middle East by two great religions, Islam and Christianity. No other monarch took on a challenge remotely comparable with that of the Third Crusade: taking a fleet and army to the eastern end of the Mediterranean and facing down an adversary as formidable as the great Saladin." "Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century historians such as Hume, Gibbon and Stubbs criticized Richard for his neglect of domestic government and policy, and cast him as a careless ruler and bad husband." "Harnessing the latest sources and interpretations, John Gillingham provides a new assessment of Richard I, looking at what matters in history as well as what matters in legend."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Richard, 1".
- catalog alternative "Richard, the first".
- catalog contributor b11276245.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History Richard I, 1189-1199.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Unique among the kings of England, Richard I played a leading role in the great events of world history - in his case the struggle for control of the Middle East by two great religions, Islam and Christianity. No other monarch took on a challenge remotely comparable with that of the Third Crusade: taking a fleet and army to the eastern end of the Mediterranean and facing down an adversary as formidable as the great Saladin." "Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century historians such as Hume, Gibbon and Stubbs criticized Richard for his neglect of domestic government and policy, and cast him as a careless ruler and bad husband." "Harnessing the latest sources and interpretations, John Gillingham provides a new assessment of Richard I, looking at what matters in history as well as what matters in legend."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The Best of Kings, the Worst of Kings -- 2. Through Muslim Eyes -- 3. Aquitaine, 1157-72 -- 4. War without Love, 1173-4 -- 5. Duke of Aquitaine, 1175-83 -- 6. The Uncertain Inheritance, 1184-9 -- 7. Duke of Normandy, King of England, 1189 -- 8. France and Sicily, 1190 -- 9. The Conquest of Cyprus -- 10. The Siege of Acre, 1191 -- 11. Towards Jerusalem -- 12. Ascalon and Jaffa -- 13. A Captive King -- 14. The Character of a Lionheart -- 15. England 1194-9 -- 16. France 1194-6 -- 17. France 1197-8 -- 18. Death and Repentance, 1199 -- 19. In Richard's Shadow.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-365) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 378 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300079125 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0300079133".
- catalog isPartOf "Yale English monarchs".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History Richard I, 1189-1199.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog subject "942.03/2/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Crusades Third, 1189-1192.".
- catalog subject "DA207 .G473 1999".
- catalog subject "Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Best of Kings, the Worst of Kings -- 2. Through Muslim Eyes -- 3. Aquitaine, 1157-72 -- 4. War without Love, 1173-4 -- 5. Duke of Aquitaine, 1175-83 -- 6. The Uncertain Inheritance, 1184-9 -- 7. Duke of Normandy, King of England, 1189 -- 8. France and Sicily, 1190 -- 9. The Conquest of Cyprus -- 10. The Siege of Acre, 1191 -- 11. Towards Jerusalem -- 12. Ascalon and Jaffa -- 13. A Captive King -- 14. The Character of a Lionheart -- 15. England 1194-9 -- 16. France 1194-6 -- 17. France 1197-8 -- 18. Death and Repentance, 1199 -- 19. In Richard's Shadow.".
- catalog title "Richard I / John Gillingham.".
- catalog title "Richard, 1".
- catalog title "Richard, the first".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".