Authors: Douglas Boyd
Lionheart (48 page)
30 Among Queen Berengaria’s good works was the founding of the convent of L’Épau, near Le Mans
31 Queen Berengaria was described as virtuous and docile, rather than beautiful or intelligent
32 At the foot of Queen Berengaria’s effigy there is a carving of a lamb being mounted by a lion, in reference to the wifely duty she can rarely have performed for Richard
33 Nineteenth-century ground plan of the most costly fortress in the world, drawn by architect Viollet le Duc. Richard’s ‘impregnable’ Château Gaillard incorporated all the latest improvements in castle design
34 Viollet le Duc also produced this reconstruction of the siege of the castle, destroyed by the French king just five years after Richard’s death
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