Richard Coeur de Lion / edited and translated by Katherine H. Terrell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Terrell, Katherine H., editor, translator.

Series:

Broadview editions

Standardized Title:

Richard Coeur de Lion (Romance). English.

Language:

English

English, Middle (1100-1500)

Subjects (All):

Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199--Romances.

Richard.

Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199--Poetry.

Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199.

Richard Coeur de Lion (Romance).

Genre:

Poetry.

Romances.

Physical Description:

272 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The Middle English romance of Richard Coeur de Lion transforms the historical Richard I of England-a Frenchman by upbringing, who spent only four months of his reign in England, and who once joked that he would sell London to finance his Crusade if he could only find a buyer-into an aggressively English king. This act of historical revision involves the invention of several fantastic elements that give Richard the superhuman force necessary to unite the English nation and elevate it above all others. Springing from a supernatural birth and endowed with exceptional strength and an insatiable and transgressive appetite, Richard embodies a vision of triumphant Englishness that humiliates and decimates England's foes, whether they be French, German, or Muslim. Katherine Terrell's faithful but poetic new modern English translation is fully annotated. Appendices include materials on cannibalism, the Crusades, and British national myths."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Appendix A The Middle English Richard Coer de Lyon p. 213

1 Cassodorien's Marriage p. 214

2 First Episode of Cannibalism p. 215

3 Richard's Message to Saladin p. 216

4 King Richard at Jaffa p. 217

Appendix B Calls to Crusade p. 219

1 "Pope Urban II's Call for a Crusade" (10 November 1095) p. 219

2 "Pope Gregory VIII, Audita tremendi" (29 October 1187) p. 222

Appendix C Cannibalism p. 227

1 Crusader Cannibalism p. 227

a From "Daibert, Archbishop of Pisa, Duke Godfrey, Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre, Raymond, Count of St. Gilles, and the entire army of God, to the Pope and all the Christian faithful" (September 1099) p. 227

b From the Gesta Francorum (c. 1100) p. 228

c From Raymond d'Aguilers, Historia Francorum qui Ceperunt Jherusalem (c. 1102) p. 228

d From Fulcher of Chartres, A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem 1095-1127 (c. 1106) p. 229

e From Guibert of Nogent, The Deeds of God through the Franks (c. 1109) p. 229

f From Ralph of Caen, The Gesta Tancredi (c. 1118) p. 230

g From William of Malmesbury, Chronicle of the Kings of England (c. 1127) p. 230

h From Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History (c. 1142) p. 231

i From William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done beyond the Sea (c. 1184) p. 231

j From the Chanson d'Antioch (c. 1200) p. 232

2 Religious Cannibalism p. 234

a From Robert Mannyng, Handlyng Synne (early fourteenth century) p. 235

b From "On the Feast of Corpus Christi" (late fourteenth century) p. 236

3 Literary Cannibalism p. 237

a From Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain (c. 1138) p. 237

b From The Alliterative Morte Arthure (late fourteenth century) p. 238

Appendix D Richard I and the Third Crusade p. 243

1 Richard's Character p. 243

a From The Itinemrium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi (c. 1220) p. 243

2 Richard in Sicily p. 244

a Roger of Howden, "Siege of Messina" (c. 1200) p. 244

b Roger of Howden, "Richard Does Penance" (c. 1200) p. 246

3 Richard at Acre p. 246

a Letter from Richard I to William Longchamp (1191) p. 246

b From Richard of Devizes, The Chronicle of Richard of Devizes of the Tune of King Richard the First (c 1192) p. 247

c Two Accounts of the Killing of Hostages at Acre p. 249

i From Bahaa' al-Din Ibn Shaddad, The Rare and Excellent History of Salad in (c. 1198-1215) p. 249

ii From Ambroise, The History of the Holy War (c 1194-99) p. 250

4 Richard at Jaffa p. 251

a Letter of Richard I, King of England, to N. (1 October 1191) p. 251

b From Richard of Devizes, The Chronicle of Richard of Devizes of the Time of King Richard the First (c. 1192) p. 252

c "Gift of a Horse" (mid-thirteenth century) p. 256

Appendix E National and Family Legends p. 257

1 From Gerald of Wales, On the Instruction of Princes (c. 1216-23) p. 257

2 Legends of Eleanor of Aquitaine p. 258

a From John of Salisbury, Memoirs of the Papal Court (c. 1164) p. 258

b From Walter Map, De Nugis Curialium/Courtiers' Trifles (1181-92) p. 259

c From William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done beyond the Sea (c. 1184) p. 259

d From Richard of Devizes, The Chronicle of Richard of Devizes of the Time of King Richard the First (c. 1192) p. 261

e From Gerald of Wales, On the Instruction of Princes (c. 1216-23) p. 261

f From A Thirteenth-Century Minstrel's Chronicle (c. 1260) p. 262

g From the French Chronicle of London (early fourteenth century) p. 263

3 Englishmen with Tails p. 264

a From Richard of Devises, The Chronicle of Richard of Devizes of the Time of Ring Richard the First (c. 1192) p. 264

b From Layamon's Brut (c. 1205) p. 265.

Notes:

Translated from Middle English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272).

ISBN:

9781554812783

155481278X

OCLC:

1080211026