Richard Coeur-De-Lion

Sir Steven Runciman profiles a fabled Englishman, concerned with the political and military relationships between East and West.

Depiction of Richard (l) and Saladin (r), c. 1250–60. Photograph by Ealdgyth (Own work). Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

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