Richard I by Jacob Abbott

Richard the I in Palestine by Philip James Loutherbourg
Richard the I in Palestine by Philip James Loutherbourg

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Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine

01 – King Richard’s Mother

02 – Richard’s Early Life

03 – Fair Rosamond

Fair Rosamund in her bower
Fair Rosamund in her bower

04 – Richard’s Accession to the throne

05 – The Coronation

06 – Preparations for the Crusade

07 – The Embarkation

08 – King Richard at Messina

Richard the Lionheart meeting Philippe August

09 – Berengaria

Richard I's wife, Berengaria of Navarre
Richard I's wife, Berengaria of Navarre

10 – The Campaign in Cyprus

11 – Voyage to Acre

12-Arrival at Acre

Richard the Lionheart, having the Saracens beheaded in Acre

13 – Difficulties

14 – The Fall of Acre

15 – Progress of the Crusade

16 – Reverses

17 – Old Man of the Mountains

Saladin's attack on Jaffa

18 – The Battle of Jaffa

Richard and Saladin

19 – The Truce

20 – The Departure from Palestine

Trifels castle, Germany, prison of Richard the Lionheart
Trifels castle, Germany, prison of Richard the Lionheart

21 – Richard Made Captive

22 – The Return to England

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