Richard the Lionheart

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🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

King Richard I of England - Richard the Lionheart - is one of those historical figures whose reputation stands out so much that the legends cover up the myriad of complex details that we have about their lives. After all, you don't get a name like Lionheart without a serious amount of artful effort, both on the battlefield and in the halls of power.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Dr. Eleanor Janega talks to Dr. Richard Huscroft - author of Ruling England: 1042 to 1217 - about the tumultuous and fabled life of one of medieval Europe's most famous men.

This episode was edited by Ella Blaxill and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:00.0	Meet John.
0:01.0	Hello.
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0:25.0	Get a quote today at Aviva.co. UK. It's a sad fact that we're never going to get to know much about the great majority of people who lived and died in the medieval period.
0:50.0	Most ordinary people simply won't ever enter the historical record by virtue of being well ordinary.
0:56.0	And even when we get famous rulers or saints, sometimes the details of their lives are lost to us.
1:02.0	However, sometimes the opposite is true. Once in a
1:06.1	while there are individuals whose reputation stand out so much that their
1:10.0	legends cover up the myriad of complex details that we have about their lives.
1:15.1	One of these individuals is the legendary King Richard the First, who you may better know as
1:20.8	Richard the Lionheart. I'm Dr. Eleanor Yanega and today on
1:27.1	gone medieval from history hit I'm speaking with Dr Richard Husscroft the
1:31.0	author of among several other books, ruling England 1042 to 1217, and
1:37.6	Tales from the Long 12th Century, The Rise and Fall of the Anjavan Empire.
1:43.0	Richards will help us to understand the tumultuous and fabled life of one of medieval Europe's most
1:47.4	famous men.
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