Part 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.
Jean Flori, internationally recognised historian of the Middle Ages, is director of research at CNRS (Centre d'etudes superieures de civilization medievale de Poitiers). He is the author of more than fifteen books on the crusades and chivalry, among them the critically acclaimed Richard the Lionheart.
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. -- Jochen Burgtorf, California State University, Fullerton In recent decades there have been a number of more or less popular books on Richard I by French authors, but this is the first by a major scholar, and as such is warmly to be welcomed... His great familiarity with the sources means that in Part Two we have a valuable introduction and guide to recent French literature on the elusive subjects of knighthood and chivalry. -- John Gillingham English Historical Review 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. In recent decades there have been a number of more or less popular books on Richard I by French authors, but this is the first by a major scholar, and as such is warmly to be welcomed... His great familiarity with the sources means that in Part Two we have a valuable introduction and guide to recent French literature on the elusive subjects of knighthood and chivalry.
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. -- Jochen Burgtorf, California State University, Fullerton In recent decades there have been a number of more or less popular books on Richard I by French authors, but this is the first by a major scholar, and as such is warmly to be welcomed... His great familiarity with the sources means that in Part Two we have a valuable introduction and guide to recent French literature on the elusive subjects of knighthood and chivalry. -- John Gillingham English Historical Review 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. In recent decades there have been a number of more or less popular books on Richard I by French authors, but this is the first by a major scholar, and as such is warmly to be welcomed... His great familiarity with the sources means that in Part Two we have a valuable introduction and guide to recent French literature on the elusive subjects of knighthood and chivalry.
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