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RICHARD1. Richard I, Coeur de Lion, 1157-1199, was the third son of Henry I and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Geoffrey of Vinsauf published his Poetria nova (New Poetry) soon after Richard's death, lamenting the king's death in lines 368-430.

The Nun's Priest apostrophizes Geoffrey, who chided Friday, the day on which Richard was slain, NPT 3347-3354. The fox seizes Chauntecleer on a Friday, which is also Venus's day.

The name appears once, medially, NPT 3348.

E. Faral, Les Arts poétiques du XIIe et XIIIe siècle, 208-210; Geoffrey de Vinsauf, Poetria nova, trans. M.F. Nims, 29-31; John Gillingham, Richard the Lionheart; H.S. Howser, Richard the First in England.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
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