by Jean Flori · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435017794
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«Ricardo Corazón de León» is the biography written by Jean Flori and published in paperback by Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A.
Biography presenting Richard the Lionheart as the archetype of the medieval knight, covering his life: military campaigns, conquest of Cyprus, clashes with Saladin, conflicts with his father, and rivalry with John Lackland. It also examines twelfth-century chivalric mentality and addresses the king's possible homosexuality.
The edition belongs to the Pocket collection, with translation by Mari Carmen Llerena and publication date in May 2008.
For readers interested in historical biographies, the Crusades, and medieval chivalric culture.
Jean Flori was a French medieval historian. He was a research director for the National Center for Scientific Research, and the author of books about chivalry and the Crusades. A student of Georges Duby, he is one of the twentieth century's "major historian[s] of chivalry".
