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And the youngest, John. Vindictive, selfserving, but undoubtedly clever. Henry saw in him perhaps the only prince who could properly inherit the government. Between them, Richard and John managed to undo in their own spectacular ways, not only the prospects of the kingdom, but in the space of 15 years, the entire empire their father had so skilfully constructed. It was on Richard that Eleanor pinned her hopes. She was even prepared to go as far as to encourage an alliance between Richard and her husband' s bitterest enemy, the King of France. So in 1189, Richard declared war on his father. This time, Henry faced defeat, forced to watch as his barons defected to Richard. The beleaguered Henry had no choice but to negotiate and agree terms which humbled him before his own son. |
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zuì hòu shì yāo zi yuē hàn, xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi, zì sī zì lì, què wú yí dì xiāng dāng cōng míng. zài hēng lì kàn lái, yě xǔ zhǐ yǒu tā, cái shì jì chéng wáng wèi de hé shì rén xuǎn. lǐ chá hé yuē hàn gè zì yǐ lìng rén jīng tàn de fāng shì bù jǐn wǎ jiě le wáng guó de wèi lái, hái huǐ diào le qí fù huā fèi shí wǔ nián, ér jīng xīn jiàn zào de dì guó. āi lì nuò jì xī wàng yú lǐ chá, tā shèn zhì zhǔn bèi gǔ dòng lǐ chá, yǔ qí zhàng fū de sǐ dí fǎ guó jié méng. 1189 nián, lǐ chá xiàng tā de fù qīn xuān zhàn. zhè yī cì, hēng lì zāo dào le shī bài, bèi pò kàn zhe zì jǐ de guì zú dǎo gē xiàng lǐ chá. fù bèi shòu dí de hēng lì bié wú xuǎn zé, zhǐ néng qū xī xiàng zì jǐ de qīn shēng ér zi tuǒ xié. |