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Tall Tales: The Trouble with Tours

Medievalists.net — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 22:19:31 +0000

Tours. They can be great, or they can be cringeworthy and rife with misinformation. A great tour guide knows how to add a flourish or two to a story to keep the audience engaged and the history interesting. A bad tour guide invents things and hopes there isn’t a historian in the audience dismayed by the falsehoods they’re spreading to unwitting listeners...

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Music for a Captured King: Richard the Lionheart and Blondel

Medievalists.net — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:38:18 +0000

Love him or hate him, one thing you can say about England’s Richard the Lionheart is that there are some great stories about him.

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The Arrow of Sherwood by Lauren Johnson

Medievalists.net — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 01:02:18 +0000

My book review of Robin Hood tale, Arrow of Sherwood by Lauren Johnson.

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The Military Legacy of Richard the Lionheart

Medievalists.net — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 15:39:18 +0000

Authors look back at the entirety of the reign and reach two common conclusions: 1) he was a neglectful and mostly-absent ruler of England, but 2) he attained spectacular success in war, which was, after all, his primary interest.

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Medieval Warfare Magazine – Volume IV Issue 5

Medievalists.net — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:31:27 +0000

The newest issue of Medieval Warfare hits the magazine shelves on October 1st. The theme for this issue is Richard the Lionheart’s conquests in the Mediterranean

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Extralegal and English: the Robin Hood Legend and Increasing National Identity in the Middling Sorts of Late Medieval England

Medievalists.net — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:49:24 +0000

The legend was clearly not the only work of popular culture in what I propose as the long fifteenth century, but it does serve as a very useful representation for examining the growth of Englishness.

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Mirrors for Princes: Henry II and the Succession to the Angevin Empire

Medievalists.net — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:55:18 +0000

Understandably, with so many 'devilish' offspring, Henry II faced many difficulties when it came to bringing up his sons, including the problem of how to successfully integrate them into the rule of the Angevin Empire.

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Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of England

Medievalists.net — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 23:29:28 +0000

Of the many princesses available as a bride for Richard the Lionheart, King of England, Berengaria of Navarre was chosen to be his queen.

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The Illnesses of King Richard and King Philippe on the Third Crusade

Medievalists.net — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 02:47:56 +0000

For weeks both Richard and Philippe were close to the brink of death, before they finally recovered.

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The Kidnapped King: Richard I in Germany, 1192–1194

Medievalists.net — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:04:46 +0000

In 1193 the rulers of Germany and England met for the first time in history.

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