 | Rocket Robin Hood (1)
06/25/2005 |  Although a King, the Lionheart was
probably one of the purest knights
who ever lived. King Richard was
in possession of the sword, Excalibur.
With this he was wont to smite the
infidels during the Holy Crusade.
Holy King Richard 1st, Lionheart, should be canonized as a holy saint
of England. Several monarchs are saints or saints in waiting (King Charles 1st) and King Richard 1st, Lionheart should be proclaimed a saint
throughout the realm.
Both Christ and Saint George apeareth
unto the King. The King, gravely ill,
was approached by Saint George. The
King then arose from his sick bed, then
armed himself and mounted his chargeur
and lead an attack against an infidel
raiding group. With a single blow of
his sword Excalabure, the dread King slew two mounted saracens
of his sword. Surely our Lord with
the King.
King Richard took up the cross and
valiently lead a holy crusade to rescue
the holy places of Our Lords passion
from the infidels. He restored the
True Cross to Christian veneration.
His military genius showed through countless times, the relief of Acre,
the conquest of Cyprus, the sack of
Messina, a valiant advance along the
coast. He inspired great deads among
his many followers. The people of
England were only too happy to pay
the awful ransom leaved upon them to
ransom back thier crusader King. The
wicked emperor of Austria will receive
eternal damnation for holding to
ransom a crusader King.
All of Europe feared the name of
Richard, Coeur de Leon. Even today,
people sing epic poems in his memory.
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 | irishgit (146)
04/01/2005 | A top contender for the worst ruler England ever had, Richard spent all but a few months of his reign out of the country. Despite this he still managed to virtually bankrupt the kingdom to pay for his crusade. The popular myth of Good King Richard is a fraud, and in fact he was an incompetent, possibly psychotic glory hound, and a much worse monarch than his maligned little brother John.
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 | JonTheMan (28)
02/13/2004 | Domestically his riegn was a disaster (he cared little for England, in fact he even offered to sell London if someone would offer a fair price) but he was certainly a decent warrior. After having betrayed his father (on request of his mother) and ascending the throne, he popped off to the holy land for a bit of crusading (and to his credit he captured Jerusalem twice and negotiated a truce with Saladin which made it easier for Christian pilgrims to get to the region) until he learned that his little brother John was conspiring with the French king Phillip II. On his way back to England he was captured and imprisoned in Austria but when he did return to England he crushed an attempted coup by John and took back the lands that Phillip II had taken in his absence. He died in 1199 from a crossbow wound (which ironically he had introduced to Europe). Before his death he begged forgiveness from his dead father and asked he be buried close to him so he might seek forgiveness in another world.
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