Richard the Lionheart. King-Ryzar

The book of the famous historian Jean Florea is dedicated to the famous English king Richard the Lion Heart (1157-1199), which for contemporaries and descendants became a model of courage and chivalry. His life can serve as a better illustration for the heroic and violent era that was the European Middle Ages. A brilliant warrior, Richard spent his whole reign in search of adventure, in the saddle, fighting in battles or in tournaments. The crown of his life was the crusade of the Holy Land, where he had the opportunity to measure his strength with the Sultan Saladin himself, who conquered the sacred city of Jerusalem from the Christians. Until his death, he never found time to pay attention to the English kingdom, where in general he spent a little more than a month ... So who was Richard - a wise ruler or a thoughtless adventurer? What is the secret of Richard’s military skill, who won the opponents? Is it possible to rightfully consider it a model of a medieval knight? The answers to these and other questions are offered to the reader by a large researcher Medievist Jean Florey