Richard Coer de Lyon

For the 12th-century king of England, see Richard I of England.

An illustration of King Richard I from a 12th-century codex

Richard Coer de Lyon is a Middle English romance which gives a fictionalised account of the life of Richard I, King of England, concentrating on his crusading exploits. It influenced Shakespeare's King John and Walter Scott's The Talisman.[1][2]

  1. ^ Johnston, Arthur (1964). Enchanted Ground: The Study of Medieval Romance in the Eighteenth Century. London: University of London: The Athlone Press. p. 44. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Jerome (1987). Scott, Chaucer and Medieval Romance:A Study in Sir Walter Scott's Indebtedness to the Literature of the Middle Ages. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0813116090. Retrieved 14 November 2012.