Richard Coeur-De-Lion

Sir Steven Runciman profiles a fabled Englishman, concerned with the political and military relationships between East and West.

Steven Runciman | Published in History Today Volume 5 Issue 4 April 1955

Depiction of Richard (l) and Saladin (r), c. 1250–60. Photograph by Ealdgyth (Own work). Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

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