Ebook: Chronicon Richardi Divisensis De Tempore Regis Richardi Primi. The Chronicle of Richard of Devizes of the Time of King Richard the First

The Chronicon de rebus gestis Ricardi Primi (1192), by which Richard of Devizes is chiefly known, covers only the first three years of King Richard's reign; it is practically an account of events in England and the Holy Land during the Third Crusade. The narrator of the chronicle is a French Jewish cobbler giving advice to young French Christians intending to visit England.