The book The Historians' History of the World, volume 18 was written by author Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943 Here you can read free online of The Historians' History of the World, volume 18 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Historians' History of the World, volume 18 a good or bad book?
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The king of France, who had arrived before Richard, wisely kept aloof from these dif- ferences. It was Richard's personal quarrel about the dower of his sister: and it was at last ended bjr the payment of forty thousand ounces of gold by Tancred, the king of Sicily, and by the betrothal of Arthur of Brittany, the nephew of Riclmrd, to the daughter of the Sicilian king. From this period Philip Augustus saw in Richard the haughty assertor of his private interests, and he devoted himself to the ad...vancement of his own rival inter- ests, which finally expelled the kings of England from Normandy. ^^ Richard and rhUip, though jealous of each other, contrived to mask their real feelings, and spent the winter in apparent amity. But soon another subject of dissension arose. Richard had offered his hand to Berengaria. the daughter of Sancho, king of Navarre ; and his mother Eleanor had arrived Digitized by Google 810 THE HISTORY OP ENGLAND [1190-im jLTKi with the princess at Naples. Philip immediately brought forward the claim of his sister Adelais, who had for so many years been espoused to the king of England; but Richard declared that he would never marry a woman who had been, as he could prove, the mistress of his father.
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