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1 online resource (563 pages). |
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Richard the Lionheart anthology |
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Richard the Lionheart anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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The chronicle here attributed to Geoffrey de Vinsauf is now shown to be, in large part, a Latin translation of Ambroses L'estoire de la guerre sainte, probably made by Richard, canon and prior of Holy Trinity, London, about 1200. cf. Gross, Sources and literature of English history. |
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Original document: Book. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Chronicle of Richard of Devizes, concerning the deeds of King Richard the First, king of England [tr. by J. A. Giles] - Geoffrey de Vinsauf's chronicle of Richard of First's Crusade. -Lord de Joinvelle's Memoirs of Louis IX, king of France, commonly called Saint Louis [tr. by Thomas Johnes] -Appendix to Joinville. List of the knights who accompanied Saint Louis to Palestine. Knights of the household who accompanied him to Tunis. Extracts from an Arabian ms., by Al Makrisi, containing the Saracenic account of the Crusade under St. Louis. -Index. |
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This book offers a fascinating insight into the life of Richard the Lionheart, being a collection of writings by the King's contemporaries who documented Richard's activities during the Third Crusade and more. |
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Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199 -- Military leadership -- Early works to 1800.
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Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270 -- Early works to 1800.
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Crusades -- Early works to 1800.
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Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884, translator.
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Johnes, Thomas, 1748-1816, translator.
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Richard, of Devizes, approximately 1150-approximately 1200.
Chronicon Ricardus divisiensis de rebus gestis Ricardi primi regis Angliae. English.
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Joinville, Jean, sire de, 1224?-1317?
Histoire de saint Louis.
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Maqrīzī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1364-1442.
Al-sulūk limarìfat duwal al-mulūk.
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