The Reign of Richard Lionheart: Ruler of The Angevin Empire, 1189-1199 (The Medieval World)

Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Editor's Preface 8 Authors' Preface 10 List of Abbreviations 12 1 The historians' balance-sheet 14 2 The character of the Angevin 'empire' 30 3 The problem of Philip Augustus and growing French royal power 54 4 Richard's apprenticeship: count of Poitou 1172-89 70 5 Richard's accession and preparations for the Third Crusade 85 6 Richard's governance of England prior to departure on crusade 100 7 The government of England during the Third Crusade and German captivity 123 8 The government of England under Hubert Walter and Geoffrey fitz Peter 154 9 The duchy of Normandy 176 10 Greater Anjou 194 11 The duchy of Aquitaine 213 12 Richard's warfare following the crusade, 1193-99 238 13 Richard in retrospect 254 Maps 262 I. The Angevin Empire 262 II. England, Scotland and Wales 263 III. The Duchy of Normandy 264 IV. Greater Anjou 265 V. The Duchy of Aquitaine 266 VI. Angevin and Capetian Dominions and Theatres of War 267 Genealogical Table: The Angevin Dynasry 268 Bibliography 271 Index 294 Richard Lionheart towers over the Middle Ages. He has traditionally been viewed as a warrior king, a model of kingly and knightly virtues. Yet his internal financial reforms were as important as his overseas campaigns. This book eschews a purely biographical approach, examining instead the various parts of Richard's vast Angevin empire and their governments, using original French as well as English sources. While the king's greatness as a military commander is demonstrated, especially in relation to the Capetian challenge, his skills as politician and administrator are also highlighted.--BOOK JACKET. This ground-breaking and substantive new history considers Richard's reign from a perspective that is as much French as English. Viewing the king himself as a great military commander, it also shows him as a more competent administrator than previously acknowledged. Modern revisionist work allows the authors to correct many misconceptions about Richard's French possessions, and recent scholarship on his rival, Philip Augustus, permits examination of the formidable threat that the resurgent Capetian monarchy represented. Ralph V.turner And Richard R. Heiser. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 258-280) And Index.