Richard I
By: John Gillingham.
Series: Yale English monarchs
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199.; Crusades -- Third, 1189-1192.; Great Britain -- History -- Richard I, 1189-1199.; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Richard, 1; Richard, the first
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."--BOOK JACKET.

"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."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-365) and index.