So help me the memory of Richard Coeur-de-Lion, I have not the most distant notion of what is the matter.Cited from Crotchet Castle, by Thomas Love Peacock
When the Crusades had drawn all the smart young fellows into Palestine, the clergy did not find it so difficult to convince the staid burghers who remained in Europe, of the enormity of long hair.During the absence of Richard Coeur de Lion, his English subjects not only cut their hair close, but shaved their faces.William Fitzosbert, or Long-beard, the great demagogue of that day, reintroduced among the people who claimed to be of Saxon origin the fashion of long hair.…Cited from Memoirs of Popular Delusions V1, by Charles MacKay
We know little of Arnaut's life; he was a noble of Riberac in Perigord.The biography relates an incident in his life which is said to have taken place at the court of Richard Coeur de Lion.…Cited from The Troubadours, by H.J. Chaytor
The stronghold of Richard Coeur-de-Lion recalls, by its situation and architecture, the castles of the Rhine.The stone-work is so confounded with the rock that it is impossible to say where nature's work ends or man's work begins.…Cited from The Cross of Berny, by Emile de Girardin &c
The first wooden bridge was commenced when Aquitaine was governed by the English, in the reign of Richard Coeur-de-lion, at the end of the twelfth century.The bridge was destroyed and repaired many times, and one of the piles on which the bridge was built is still to be seen.…Cited from Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist by Smiles
Ride on then speedily, Sir Knight, to the happiness thy virtue and thy deeds have so well deserved.This lover is no ordinary suitor: he is of mingled Saxon and Norman noble blood, the recent companion-in-arms of Richard Coeur de Lion.His name is Ralph de Sudley, and though he has passed his thirtieth year, the effect of long toil and war scarcely appears upon his handsome and still very youthful countenance.…Cited from The Experiences of a Barrister, by Samuel Warren
Edith was a kinswoman of Richard Coeur de Lion, and an attendant on queen Berengaria.Cited from Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1, by Brewer
He shows a sound artistic instinct in his handling of historic personages relative to those imaginary: rarely letting them occupy the center of interest, but giving that place to the creatures of his fancy, thereby avoiding the hampering restriction of a too close following of fact.The manipulation of Richard Coeur de Lion in "Ivanhoe" is instructive with this in mind.…Cited from Masters of the English Novel, by Richard Burton
The scenery must be delightful in summer -- worthy of all that has been said or sung about lovely Normandy.On the morning of the third day, before reaching Rouen, I saw at a distance the remains of Chateau Galliard, the favorite castle of Richard Coeur de Lion.Rouen breathes everywhere of the ancient times of Normandy.…Cited from Views a-foot, by J. Bayard Taylor
Every King of England from Henry I. to Henry IV., seems to have been at Wark at some time during his reign, with the exception of Richard Coeur-de-Lion and Richard II.After the Union of the Crowns, Wark, like most other fortresses in the north that were not in use as the dwellings of their owners, was allowed to fall into decay.…Cited from Northumberland Yesterday and To-day, by Jean F. Terry
The language of this "Roman" was the literary language of England.William of Saint- Pair was a subject of Henry II, King of England and Normandy; his verses, like those of Richard Coeur-de-Lion, are monuments of English literature.To this day their ballad measure is better suited to English than to French; even the words and idioms are more English than French.…Cited from Mont-Saint-Michel And Chartres, Henry Adams
It appears that female minstrels were not uncommon, as one is mentioned in the Romance of Richard Coeur de Lion, without any remark on the strangeness of the circumstance.A goose they dight to their dinner In a tavern where they were.…Cited from The Lay of Marie, by Matilda Betham
In pacing the long aisles, and pausing before the small chapels, the scene grows upon the mind, and the monuments, though comparatively few, are very interesting.An effigy of Richard Coeur de Lion, lately discovered while looking for the fiery monarch's heart, which was buried in Rouen, is shown as one of the chief curiosities of the place.The porter of the cathedral inhabited an extremely small dwelling, built up against the wall, and surrounded by high, dark buildings; but we were pleased to see that he had cheered this dismal place of abode by a gay parterre, several rich-looking flowers occupying pots beneath his windows.…Cited from Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay, Roberts
I sucked the blood from the tiny punctures, feeling secure, after I had done it.I remembered how Queen Eleanore had saved the life of Richard Coeur de Lion in the Holy Land, when he had been bitten by an adder, by sucking out the venom.I enjoyed the thrill of a repeated historic act.…Cited from Tramping on Life, by Harry Kemp
Lionel Lee is the next member of the family of whom mention is made.He lived during the reign of Richard Coeur de Lion, and, when the king went on his third crusade, in the year 1192, Lionel Lee raised a company of gentlemen, and marched with him to the Holy Land.His career there was distinguished; he displayed special gallantry at the siege of Acre, and for this he received a solid proof of King Richard's approbation.…Cited from A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee, by John Esten Cooke
Some came from Brabant, some from Aquitaine; the Basque Marcader was one of the principal lieutenants of Richard Coeur-de-Lion.The mountaineers of the South, who to-day descend into France and Spain to gain a little money by huxtering, did so in the Middle Ages, but then, their sole industry was war.…Cited from Castles and Cave Dwellings,Sabine Baring-Gould
Thus, the French romances of Huon de Bordeaux and of the Four Sons of Aymon found many admirers in England, where the former later supplied Shakespeare with some of the characters for a Midsummer Night's Dream.It was to offset the very popular romance of Alexander, that some patriotic poet evolved the romance of Richard Coeur de Lion, explaining how this king earned his well-known nickname by wrenching the heart out of a lion!…Cited from The Book of the Epic, by Helene A. Guerber
Let us be careful how we shoot at others lest we take down the wrong one, remembering the servant of King William Rufus who shot at a deer, but the arrow glanced against a tree and killed the king.Instead of going out with shafts to pierce, and razors to cut, we had better imitate the friend of Richard Coeur de Lion, who, in the war of the Crusades, was captured and imprisoned, but none of his friends knew where.So his loyal friend went around the land from stronghold to stronghold, and sung at each window a snatch of song that Richard Coeur de Lion had taught him in other days.…Cited from New Tabernacle Sermons, by Thomas De Witt Talmage
The history of Richard Coeur de Lion and his minstrel, Blondel, rushed, at the same time, on my mind, though I could not even then suppress a smile at the dignity of the example when applied to a blind fiddler and myself.Still there was something in all this to awaken a hope that, if I could open a correspondence with this poor violer, he might be useful in extricating me from my present situation.…Cited from Redgauntlet, by Sir Walter Scott
The Talisman itself has always been deservedly popular.It is full of colour, mystery, plot, and counterplot, and Sir Kenneth's performances in withstanding the jealous enemies of Richard Coeur-de-Lion glow with life.Conrade of Montserrat, Richard's opponent in the armies of the Crusaders, was a well-known figure in the wars against the Saracens, and when he perished at their hands, it was said that Richard instigated his death.…Cited from The World's Greatest Books, V. VIII, Ed. by Arthur Mee & J.A. Hammerton