Heather Blurton

'Richard the Lionheart'

Bog | Engelsk

How did Richard the Lionheart, who once said he would sell London if he found a buyer, become celebrated as the ideal of English chivalry? This book examines the life of Richard I (11571199) through the captivating stories told about him, from accounts of

'Inventing William of Norwich'

Bog | Engelsk

William of Norwich is the name of a young boy purported to have been killed by Jews in or about 1144, thus becoming the victim of the first recorded case of such a ritual murder in Western Europe and a seminal figure in the long history of antisemitism. H