[Artemisia] Richard the Lionhearted

[ravenmacleod at comcast.net]

Ok so medieval Myth busters here.
 
What about the story about Richard Cleaving through his horse?

--
Raven MacLeod 
Sergeant, Student, Vassal 

En fides abunde virtus, en virtus abunde fides. 

If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all. --Michelangelo 


-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Allen Hall" <earlalan at srv.net> 

> Oh, see this can be educational as well. 
> 
> Richard the Lion Hearted was Richard the First. Son of Henry the second and 
> Eleanore of Aquitaine. His little brother was John (aka Prince John in the 
> Robin Hood era). 
> 
> Richard was quite a crusader, though he was captured by Leopold of Austria 
> on the way home from the Holy Land. Mom had to bail him out.....it was a 
> little pricey for the bail. Approximately the GNP of England for a 
> year..... 
> 
> Alan 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Aaron Leach" 
> To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" 
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:42 PM 
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Enough on the school thing 
> 
> 
> > Which one of the Richards was Richard the Lion Hearted? 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Allen Hall" 
> > To: ; "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" 
> > 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 7:10 PM 
> > Subject: [Artemisia] Enough on the school thing 
> > 
> > 
> >> Greetings Cousins, 
> >> 
> >> There is absolutely nothing we can do about the school deal back east. 
> >> We all have our opinions on topics like that. However, how about we 
> >> discuss medieval politics instead? 
> >> 
> >> Such as what are the moral or ethical problems with Henry the Forth of 
> >> England taking the throne from Richard the Second? Would you support 
> >> Henry or Richard? Or how about that upstart Tudor (with NO royal English 
> >> blood) overthrowing Richard the Third? Support the upstart, or the 
> >> annointed King? 
> >> 
> >> Enough of the modern stuff. We each have enough of that in our "real" 
> >> lives. I know I do. 
> >> 
> >> Thanks for considering this request. 
> >> 
> >> YIS, 
> >> 
> >> Alan 
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