Richard I Quotes

“In Ibn al-Athirs judgement”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“but what little there is suggests that Richard was popular rather than unpopular with most Norman clerics.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“John was now virtually isolated and had to make peace on terms which compelled him to abandon his one remaining ally: his nephew Otto IV.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“John's record of treachery – treachery to his father in 1189, treachery to his brother in 1193–4, treachery to the king of France in 1194 – was a bad one, and it was all too easy to fear that he would behave treacherously again.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Cnut VI possessed both a tenuous claim to the throne of England and a fleet.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“the eleventh-century conqueror and king of England,”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“the daughter of King Cnut VI.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“On 15 August 1193 he married Ingeborg,”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“On 15 August 1193 he married Ingeborg”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“It was obvious that once released Richard would immediately begin the fight to recover lost territory.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“It was the nearest Richard ever came to Jerusalem.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“but next day he announced that he would stay in Palestine till the following Easter and that all should at once prepare for the siege of Jerusalem.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“The decision to lay siege to Jerusalem had been taken against his advice.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“It would have taken John of Alençon about eight weeks to bring the news.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Richard was now caught in a terrible dilemma: which mattered most – the crusade or the Angevin empire?”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Because many of their deeds were done by stealth, the power of the Assassins was easily magnified. There was no way of knowing where they would strike next.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“He began to behave as though he were the real ruler of the kingdom,”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Tyre survived. On 1 January 1188 Saladin called off the siege.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Conrad of Montferrat sensed that his star was in the ascendant.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Only Richards generosity in distributing gifts to all and sundry held the troops together.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“By February 1191 the army in Sicily was getting impatient.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“The enforced idleness was getting on Richards nerves too.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“The court at Palermo spoke Norman French and issued decrees in Latin, Greek and Arabic.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“However, while Philip stayed in the palace, Richard set up camp with his army along the shore.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“According to Roger of Howden, when the kings reached Lyon they decided to separate because the countryside could not support their joint army.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Wherever John was he could be a disruptive force.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“this was on his mothers advice.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“He later changed his mind; according to Howden,”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“in March 1190 Richard had John swear an oath not to enter England for the next three years”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“It is not easy to see how Richard could have insisted upon John going on crusade with him”
― John Gillingham, Richard I