Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . DORE FECIT. RICHARD AT THE BATTLE OF ARSUR. RICHARD CCEUR DE LION 75. days, however, by an arrangement between Leopold and the Emperor HenryVI., the captive king was transferred to the custody of the latter, who shut himup in a castle in the Tyrol, where he was bound with chains, and guarded by aband of men who surrounded him day andnight with drawn swords. In this state heremained about three months. Meanwhile,intelligence of his having fallen i
Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . DORE FECIT. RICHARD AT THE BATTLE OF ARSUR. RICHARD CCEUR DE LION 75. days, however, by an arrangement between Leopold and the Emperor HenryVI., the captive king was transferred to the custody of the latter, who shut himup in a castle in the Tyrol, where he was bound with chains, and guarded by aband of men who surrounded him day andnight with drawn swords. In this state heremained about three months. Meanwhile,intelligence of his having fallen into thehands of the emperor had reached England,and excited the strongest sensation amongall ranks of the people. It is sufficient tomention that during his absence a strugglefor supremacy had for some time been car-ried on with varying success between thekings brother, John, and Longchamp, thechancellor, who had acquired the entire re-gency, and had also been appointed papallegate for England and Scotland ; and thatthis had resulted, in October, 1191, in thedeposition of Longchamp, by a council ofthe nobility held in St. Pauls Churchyard,London ; after which he left the country,and although he soon ventured to
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