by Jean Flori · Quinteto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495971296
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«Ricardo Corazón de León: El Rey Cruzado» is the historical biography by Jean Flori, published by Quinteto in paperback (586 pages, in Spanish).
The biography reviews the life of the crusader monarch and his image as an exemplary knight, between history and legend. Flori analyzes his campaigns in the Holy Land, conflicts with his father, rivalry with John Lackland, the conquest of Cyprus and the ideological universe of chivalry in the 12th century.
Translation by Mari Carmen Llerena; includes maps, bibliography (pp. 539-577) and index. Originally published as «Richard Coeur de Lion».
Historical biography aimed at readers interested in the Middle Ages, the Crusades and the great figures of chivalry.
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".
