[MR] interesting factoid about Richard I

[Duane Moore]

He was noted to have at least one well documented
bastard, comtemporary critics accused him of being a
'despoiler of virgins', and he did penance in Sicily,
after indulging with the local courtesans while on
Crusade. 

Balance that against the otherwise excellent "Lion in
Winter" broadway play (later movie) and modern
political activist BS, and the just plain bad
'history' you can get from television programming on
places like the "History" Channel. 

Yeah. So. Anyway....
byram


--- "J. Hughes" <jphughessr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I must strongly agree with Byram and the article. I
> have personally researched Richard in some detail
> for a book on the crossbow I am writing. Even the
> most scurrilous accounts of his life by the
> courtiers of Philip Augustus did not accuse him of
> that (and they did not hesitate to accuse him of
> things that were clearly not true).
>  
> Charles O'Connor
> MKA J. Patrick Hughes, Ph.D.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Duane Moore <poetamilitarus at yahoo.com>
> To: Miriel <miriel.crawford at gmail.com>;
> atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:01:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [MR] interesting factoid about Richard
> I
> 
> Richard's supposed homosexuality has long been known
> to be a myth created by pseudo-scholars at the
> beginning of the last century. John Gillingham is
> one
> of the premerie Angevin scholars, and I highly
> recommend any of his works. (The out of print
> Richard
> the Lionheart is excellent, as is The Angevin
> Empire,
> and 1215.)
> Regards, 
> byram
> 
> 
> --- Miriel <miriel.crawford at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > got this from a livejournal community I belong to:
> > 
> >
>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/19/monarchy.france
> > 
> > 
> > miriel
> > 
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