Reputation and Criticism

About the lecture

In this module, we think about Richard's reputation among modern historians and try to answer three of the main criticisms that have been levelled at him in recent decades: (i) the failure to provide an heir; (ii) the long periods spent away from England in France; and (iii) the long periods spent away from England during the Third Crusade.

About the lecturer

Hugh Doherty is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of East Anglia. He was taught at King’s College, London, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Oxford, where he completed a thesis under Rees Davies and Richard Sharpe. He has worked on two ARHC-funded research projects on royal writs and charters in the twelfth and early thirteenth century, and between September 2008 and September 2013 was a research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. He joined the School of History at UEA in September 2013.