John Gillingham > Quotes

“From now onwards Henry began to pay a price for the fact that he had only occasionally visited Aquitaine, and had only very rarely drawn Poitevins and other southerners to his court.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Undeniably he had sinned in taking up arms against his father.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“However, while Philip stayed in the palace, Richard set up camp with his army along the shore.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“The revolt had come close to success and it may well have shaken Henry IIs confidence in his sons ability to rule Aquitaine.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Tyre survived. On 1 January 1188 Saladin called off the siege.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“but next day he announced that he would stay in Palestine till the following Easter and that all should at once prepare for the siege of Jerusalem.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“John was now virtually isolated and had to make peace on terms which compelled him to abandon his one remaining ally: his nephew Otto IV.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“John's record of treachery – treachery to his father in 1189, treachery to his brother in 1193–4, treachery to the king of France in 1194 – was a bad one, and it was all too easy to fear that he would behave treacherously again.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“but what little there is suggests that Richard was popular rather than unpopular with most Norman clerics.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Henry, however, failed, and so ended his days disliked, humiliated and defeated.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Richards well-calculated act of generosity had”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“this was on his mothers advice.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Cnut VI possessed both a tenuous claim to the throne of England and a fleet.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Richards point of view harmonious relations with the Church would make it less likely to operate as an espionage centre on behalf of the kings of France.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“it might have been argued that he had been pensioned off with the wealth appropriate to his status but with very little power”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“It was obvious that once released Richard would immediately begin the fight to recover lost territory.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“At this date, however, the Lusignans were no match for Henry II, now at the height of his powers.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“By February 1191 the army in Sicily was getting impatient.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“for bestowing on him so many gifts that he seemed to possess almost one-third of the kingdom”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“The enforced idleness was getting on Richards nerves too.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“On 15 August 1193 he married Ingeborg,”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“details of the financial privileges to be enjoyed by the crusaders and a set of rules of conduct which they were supposed to observe.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“The decision to lay siege to Jerusalem had been taken against his advice.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“He later changed his mind; according to Howden,”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“It was the nearest Richard ever came to Jerusalem.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“Another contemporary comment which has sometimes been regarded as critical is Diceto's laconic remark that Richard ‘considered a few aspects of the government of the kingdom with a few people’ before he left England having made himself a richer king than any of his predecessors.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“For most Englishmen and Normans even Poitou lay deep in the unfamiliar south.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“made William a millionaire overnight.”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“It is not easy to see how Richard could have insisted upon John going on crusade with him”
― John Gillingham, Richard I

“With hindsight two contemporary historians were convinced that John had been treated with dangerous generosity,”
― John Gillingham, Richard I