Sommario
Perché cuor di leone?
Le sue prodezze con le armi sono ribadite da tutti i cronisti dell’epoca, anche quelli di parte avversa. Non stupisce pertanto che già i contemporanei lo abbiano chiamato Cuor di Leone (“Coeur de Lion” in francese, la lingua parlata a corte all’epoca, poi tradotto nell’inglese “Heart of Lion”) per il suo coraggio.
In quale anno Riccardo Cuor di Leone è Saladino tregua?
1192
Il 21 settembre 1192, Riccardo e il Saladino siglarono una tregua di 3 anni, 3 mesi e 3 giorni con la quale si riconosceva il dominio dei franchi sulla zona costiera tra Tiro e Giaffa. Gerusalemme sarebbe rimasta sotto il controllo musulmano, permettendo però ai pellegrini cristiani disarmati di visitare la città.
How did Richard the Lionheart die?
In late March 1199, Richard the Lionheart laid siege to the castle at Châlus-Chabrol and was shot in the shoulder with an crossbow bolt. The wound turned gangrenous, and he died on 6 April 1199. Legend has it that the bolt was fired by a young boy who sought revenge for his father and brothers, and who was subsequently pardoned by Richard.
Is this the heart of King Richard the Lionheart?
The mummified heart of King Richard I has been analysed by forensic experts. When the English monarch, nicknamed Richard the Lionheart, died in 1199 his heart was embalmed and buried separately from the rest of his body.
Why did Richard the Lionheart leave for the Third Crusade?
Within a year of his coronation, Richard had left for the Third Crusade – intended to recapture Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land from the Muslim sultan Saladin. Taxes were raised across England to fund Richard’s escapades.
Did time conspire against Richard the Lionheart?
Time may well have conspired against him with the walls of Acre falling before his instructions could be relayed to its defenders. Richard, who had the full measure of Plantagenet temper, ordered that all the prisoners from Acre should be taken to a hill called Ayyadieh.