Warriors of Christendom
Subtitle: Charlemagne, El Cid, Barbarossa, Richard Lionheart
By: John Matthews & Bob Stewart ; plates by James Field.
Contributors: Stewart, R. J. 1949-; Field, James.
Publisher: Brockhampton
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.; Cid, ca. 1043-1099.; Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, ca. 1123-1190.; Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199 -- Military leadership.; Biography -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.; Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.; Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: Charlemagne - Founder of the Holy Roman Empire 5; value: Charles the Great 7 The Franks 9 Man and Emperor Io; value: CrowningVictories 16 Frankish Warfare 8 FirstCampaigns; value: 22 Conquests of Saxony 26 Extending the Kingdom 34; value: The Eastern Empire, Italy and Spain 36 Final Saxon Campaigns; value: 39 Emperor of the West 40 The Charlemagne Legacy 43; value: Bibliography 48 Genealogy of Characters 49; value: El Cid - Champion of Spain 5I; value: El Cid Campeador - Rodrigo del Bivar 53 Eleventh Century; value: Spain 54 Arms and Battle Tactics 58 The Courts of Leon and; value: Castile 61 * Exile and the Peril out of Africa 66 The Struggle for; value: Valencia 70 Vengeance and Death 75 Poema del Cid and its; value: Sources 77 The Life and Deeds ofEl Cid Campeador 80 Bibliography 94 Genealogy of Characters 95; value: Barbarossa - Scourge of Europe 97; value: Emperor and Legend 99 Frederick of the Red Beard; value: Twelfth Century Germany Io6 Armour and Weapons I07; value: The Emperor's First Plan 114 Second Plan - the Great Design; value: 16 Henry the Lion 121 Third Plan - and Death 126 The; value: Sleeping Emperor 131I Barbarossa's Letter to Bishop Otto 137; value: Papal Allegiances 138 Bibiolography 140 Genealogy of Characters; value: 141; value: Richard Lionheart - The Crusader King 143; value: The Young Lion 145 Epoch of Change - Twelfth Century; value: Europe I48 Crusader King I52 The Third Age 154 ' Weapons; value: and Warfare I58 The Kingdom of Christ 60 * Capture and; value: Ransom 68 Europe's Champion I7I Lionheart - Legend; value: and Legacy 173 The Romance of Richard Coeur de Lion 176; value: Genealogy of Characters 85 Bibliography 85 Routes of the; value: Crusaders 186.