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The Life and Legacy of the Author and Book. The Life and Legacy of Padre Pio. The Life of George Custer. He was far more admired by his Christian enemies, who extolled his chivalry, than some of his Muslim rivals, who fought him for control of Egypt and Syria in the 12th century. It is also a sensible approach to a world in which personal relationships and politics were often indistinguishable.
It is equally true that [Saladin's] generosity, his piety, devoid of fanaticism, that flower of liberality and courtesy which had been the model of our old chroniclers, won him no less popularity in Frankish Syria than in the lands of Islam. Richard the LionheartSaladin is widely considered one of the greatest generals in history and one of the most famous leaders of the Middle Ages, but he remains a paradox, both in personal and in historical terms. A military genius, he first served other generals and was overshadowed, late in life, by his greatest rival, Richard I of England.
He was far more admired by his Christian enemies, who extolled his chivalry, than some of his Muslim rivals, who fought him for control of Egypt and Syria in the 12th century. His Christian enemies continued his name long after it was forgotten in the Middle East, only to spark a revival of his reputation in Arab culture in the 20th century.
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Revered as the flower of Arab culture, he was really a Kurd who nearly destroyed it. Taught to Egyptian children as a native born Egyptian hero, he was, in fact, Egypt's conqueror, the man who destroyed its native dynasty and suppressed the local Shi'ite sect.
Praised for his mild temper and mercy, he made it his mission in the last decade of his life to destroy the Frankish states created by the First Crusade in The most powerful man in the Levant for the last ten years of his life, he died a virtual pauper after giving away his personal fortune to the poor. Having united almost all of the Levant under one rule, he left it as divided as before. He founded a dynasty that was eventually destroyed by slaves. The enduring figure of the Middle Ages is the chivalrous knight, who played the role of hero across much of Europe and was equal parts courage and valor.
Nobody played a more defining role in casting the popular image of medieval knights than Richard the Lionheart, one of the most famous English kings and crusaders. In many respects, it was ironic that Richard became one of the central characters of the Middle Ages, and his very popular legacy today belies centuries of controversy. As one of the strongest knights of his age, Richard was also considered a flower of chivalry and greatly admired as a model of what it meant to be a knight, both in his lifetime and afterward. There is a sense too in which a medieval hero is a safer hero than any candidate in a more modern age.
Yet without doing any disservice to historical enquiry - indeed, by enhancing and enabling it through clever design, intellectual content and interactive content - the exhibition extends a candid and eager invitation for the viewer to explore without cynicism the contemporary human imagination, and the historic ideals of heroism and leadership.
The lavish exhibition catalogue is an international and thematically diverse team project. As such, the volume represents one of the most cosmpolitan collaborations on Richard in recent memory, and will be a valuable resource for both scholars and the interested public. Speyer too receives more than an honourable mention: As the exhibition reaches its finale, a pulsing red light draws the eye in a darkened room. The space of the Historisches Museum is ideally suited for an exhibition concerning the Middle Ages, as the turrets and rounded arches on the interior evoke a romantic past, and leave ample room for display.
Considered together, these side exhibits present a clear and persuasive argument that Richard was a European ruler, whose personal and political relationships with rulers in Britain, the Continent and the East shaped his life, his reign, his adventures and his legacy. It is a theme fully sustained in the exhibition catalogue: Chapter IV includes several essays on the relationships between the English royal house and German and French dynasties; the final essay of the book, by Martin Kintzinger, considers Richard through the lens of Kulturtransfer and the consolidation of royal lordship in western Europe.
A core theme of the exhibition is the centrality of marriage to the Angevin world, though it is not stated explicitly as a theme. Rather, the narrative series of chapel-exhibits makes it clear that a successful or failed arranged marriage was often the lynchpin in securing a diplomatic truce, or embittering relations. The thematic design of the exhibition in this regard is excellent. It is also a sensible approach to a world in which personal relationships and politics were often indistinguishable.
Here again, marriage is a turning point: The impression of a modern international summit is so strong that it takes a few moments to realize that the content of the labels is actually about Europe immediately after Richard - not about Europe today. It is unlikely that this momentary disorientation is a coincidence. One cannot help but wonder whether Richard is being cast as a hero anew - this time not as a king, a knight and a crusader, but as a symbol of a Europe bound together in an altogether different common endeavour.
The lighting of the exhibition is professional and well-done, which can be challenging when low light is required for preserving the manuscripts and artifacts on display. The uncluttered displays permit each object to tell its own story. The greatest strength of the exhibition is its ability to inhabit the mind - to create a space and a structure for organizing the information on the part of the viewer. As we read about the Glastonbury legends of Arthur popular in Angevin days, we cannot help going around a sword in a stone in the middle of the room.