King Richard the Lionheart Archive
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The embalmed heart of Richard the Lionheart (1199 A.D.): a biological and anthropological analysis
Posted on March 1, 2013 | No CommentsWe performed a full biomedical analysis of the mummified heart of the English King Richard I (1199 A.D.). Here we show among other aspects, that the organ has been embalmed using substances inspired by Biblical texts and practical necessities of desiccation -
King and magnate in medieval Ireland: Walter de Lacy, King Richard and King John
Posted on December 17, 2012 | No CommentsPerhaps the best way to capture the essence of the relationship between Richard, John and their magnates is to focus on one such relationship and to analyse the changes it underwent over the twenty-seven years the two brothers ruled England. The career of Walter de Lacy provides an excellent opportunity for such an analysis. -
The castle building of William Marshal in Ireland
Posted on December 9, 2012 | No CommentsTwelve years later, King Richard presented Isabelle in marriage to his then landless Norman warlord William the Marshall. Marshall had inherited the title of Marshall from his brother, but little in the way of property. -
The Strange Death of Richard the Lionhearted
Posted on November 22, 2012 | No CommentsWhy did Richard I, a seasoned and expert warrior, expose himself to a bowman's shot? -
A Question of Truth: Barbour’s Bruce, Hary’s Wallace and Richard Coer de Lion
Posted on October 13, 2012 | No CommentsTempting though it is to assume that these poems are simply peculiarly Scots, to do so denies them their place in British literature. A survey of English romances, moreover, reveals what appears to be an English equivalent: Richard Coer de Lion. It is also a hybrid poem about a recent king and military leader. -
Character-Assassination: Conrad de Monferrat in English-language Fiction and Popular Histories
Posted on October 7, 2012 | No CommentsIt is a story will all the ingredients of epic tragedy: a brilliant, courageous and handsome nobleman travels to distant lands, fights battles, marries princesses, is elected King but is slain by treachery, still relatively young, just before he is crowned. -
The Fall of the Angevin Empire
Posted on October 5, 2012 | No CommentsA damned inheritance, hopelessly over-extended and out-resourced by the kings of France? Or an effective empire thrown away by incompetence and harshness? John Gillingham weighs the blame for John's loss of the Angevin dominions. -
The Great Men of Christendom: The Failure of the Third Crusade
Posted on August 29, 2012 | No CommentsIt is my intention to show that the participation of monarchs in the Third Crusade had an adverse effect on the outcome of the Crusade. Whatever positive aspects of monarchical involvement in the Third Crusade were to be had can be seen at the beginning of the venture, when the Church needed financial and material support, as well as the prestige that royal participation could offer. -
The Meetings of the Kings of France and England, 1066-1204
Posted on July 15, 2012 | No CommentsThis turned out to be a transient phenomenon. After the loss of Normandy fifty years passed before another King of England met a King of France. Then be-tween 1254 and 1264 there was a remarkable spate of meetings between Henry IIIand Louis IX, but after 1264 Anglo-French summits once again became rare events -
The Massacre at Acre–Mark of a Blood-thirsty King?
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsThe Christian forces in the Holy Land during the mid-to-late-1100s had, for many years, requested assistance to maintain their dwindling and increasingly challenged control in the Holy Land, but no help came. The tenuous rule of Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, in the mid-1180s, led to further internal conflict. -
The Enigmatic Sepulchral Monument of Berengaria (ca.1170-1230), Queen of England (1191-1199)
Posted on January 9, 2012 | No CommentsThe life and work of Berengaria, her conflicts with various powers over her royal rights and dowry as the former Queen of England and later on as the Lady of Le Mans, and her conflicts with the various ecclesiastical authorities, have been investigated since the 19th century by various scholars. -
Robin Hood and the Crusades: When and Why Did the Longbowman of the People Mount Up Like a Lord?
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No CommentsThis paper will discuss issues like these in light of the long-lasting Robin Hood tradition. But the most interesting question is simply where this idea of Robin on horseback came from, and where and why the crusades became involved. -
Interview with Sharon Kay Penman
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsBest-selling author Sharon Kay Penman has published her twelfth novel, Lionheart, which focuses on King Richard I and his crusade to the Holy Land in the late-twelfth century. We had... -
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsLionheart By Sharon Kay Penman Penguin Books, 2011 ISBN: 978039915785 Publisher’s Description: From the New York Times-bestselling novelist, a stunning story of a great medieval warrior-king, the accomplished and controversial... -
Richard I and the Jewish “Servi Camarae” as a Funding Source for the Third Crusade
Posted on October 18, 2011 | No CommentsRichard I and the Jewish “Servi Camarae” as a Funding Source for the Third Crusade By Dana Cushing Published Online (2011) Introduction: This essay provides the examines the social, legal,... -
Robbing Churches and Pulling Beards: The Rebellious Sons of Henry II
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsRobbing Churches and Pulling Beards: The Rebellious Sons of Henry II Anderson, Elizabeth J. (University of Huddersfield) Skepsi: Bad Behaviour in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Volume III, Issue 1,... -
Eating people and the alimentary logic of Richard Cœur de Lion
Posted on September 30, 2011 | No CommentsEating people and the alimentary logic of Richard Cœur de Lion By Nicola McDonald Pulp fictions of medieval: England Essays in popular romance, edited by Nicola McDonald (Manchester University Press,... -
Cum consilio et deliberatione episcoporum, comitum, et baronum nostrorum’: institutional consultation and cooperative governance in the Spanish kingdoms and England (1100-1188)
Posted on August 14, 2011 | No CommentsCum consilio et deliberatione episcoporum, comitum, et baronum nostrorum’: institutional consultation and cooperative governance in the Spanish kingdoms and England (1100-1188) Cerda, José Manuel (University of New South Wales) Separation of Powers and... -
Joanna, Queen of Sicily
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsJoanna, Queen of Sicily By Dana Cushing The Plantagenet Connection, v. 8 n. 1 (Summer 2000) Introduction: In my studies of the Third Crusade there has been the occasional but... -
The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade Brand, Charles M. Speculum, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Apr., 1962) Abstract On the eve of the Third Crusade the chief Christian... -
The Artifice of War: Intelligence and Intrigue in the Third Crusade
Posted on July 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe Artifice of War: Intelligence and Intrigue in the Third Crusade By Dana Cushing Paper given at the 33rd International Medieval Congress, Western Michigan University (1998) Abstract: Since I have... -
The Romance of England: Richard Coer De Lyon, Saracens, Jews, and the Politics of Race and Nation
Posted on July 24, 2011 | No CommentsThe Romance of England: Richard Coer De Lyon, Saracens, Jews, and the Politics of Race and Nation By Geraldine Heng The Postcolonial Middle Ages, edited by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (New... -
The Massacre at Acre: Mark of a Blood-thirsty King?
Posted on July 22, 2011 | No CommentsThe Massacre at Acre: Mark of a Blood-thirsty King? By Jared Stroik Oshkosh Scholar, Vol.5 (2010) Abstract: The Crusades began in 1095 as an effort to resist the spread of... -
The Rise of Latin Christian Naval Power in the Third Crusade
Posted on July 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe Rise of Latin Christian Naval Power in the Third Crusade Dingman, Paul (University of Rochester) International Journal of Naval History , Volume 7 Number 3, December (2008) Abstract The international... -
Determining Participation Patterns in Medieval Courts Through Charter Witness Lists
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsDetermining Participation Patterns in Medieval Courts Through Charter Witness Lists By Rose Mary Coley Historical Social Research, Vol. 14, No.3 (1989) Introduction: Knowledge about the great and famous is easily...
