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Showing posts with label Richard I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard I. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Richard the Lionheart's Ordeal, October - December 1192

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by Charlene Newcomb A few days before Christmas 1192, Richard the Lionheart, King of England 1189-1199, surrendered to Duke Leopold of ...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

The Bloodiest Day of the Third Crusade – Richard I and Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf

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by Charlene Newcomb Richard I of England King Richard I and his allies successfully secured the city of Acre in July 1191, and the se...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

War Crime or a Strategic Military Decision? The massacre at Acre, August 20, 1191

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by Charlene Newcomb Surely one of the saddest, most horrible, and notorious events of the Third Crusade occurred on August 20, 1191. ...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Richard the Lionheart and the Siege of Nottingham, 1194

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by Charlene Newcomb King Richard I The siege of Nottingham in 1194 lasted only three days, but its significance should not be downplay...
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Monday, February 22, 2016

Gerald of Wales: Colourful Medieval Chronicler.

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By E.M. Powell I think that most lovers of history would agree that very little beats a first-person account. There is something very spec...
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

England and the Aquitaine Part I: Eleanor

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“England has gone downhill ever since she lost the Aquitaine,” a very dear English friend used to lament. (For those of you who are a bi...
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