Richard the Lnheart and Philip II of France “ate every day at the same table and om the same dish, and at night their beds did not separate them.” There are a number of monarchs throughout history who are believed to have been gay. Richard the Lnheart and Philip II are jt a uple of…
Contents:
- WAS RICHARD THE LNHEART GAY?
- RICHARD THE LNHEART: WAS HE A GAY IN OR JT AN ASTOUNDG POLICIAN
- GAY HISTORY: THE CUR RELATNSHIP BETWEEN RICHARD THE LNHEART AND KG PHILIP II OF FRANCE
- CEL, ANTI-ENGLISH AND ALMOST CERTALY GAY: MEET THE REAL RICHARD THE LNHEART
- RICHARD I SLEPT WH FRENCH KG 'BUT NOT GAY'
WAS RICHARD THE LNHEART GAY?
Specifilly, was he gay?
RICHARD THE LNHEART: WAS HE A GAY IN OR JT AN ASTOUNDG POLICIAN
My first acquatance wh the gay Richard meme me 1968, urty of a young English nurse om the medil centre at the pany where I worked. She’d jt seen The Ln Wter and was distrsed by the movie’s unflatterg portra of a homosexual Richard.
The evince advanced for the gay this centr around three ma pots:.
Puttg biblil ntext, he believ “highly probable, if not certa” that the reference is to homosexual behavur. That said, Flori cl to characterize Richard as exclively or even predomantly gay.
GAY HISTORY: THE CUR RELATNSHIP BETWEEN RICHARD THE LNHEART AND KG PHILIP II OF FRANCE
For the past century, Richard the Lnheart has been seen as a gay in leadg the list of Brish LGBTQ+ monarchs alongsi Kg Jam I and Queen Anne of England. Was Richard the Lnheart gay?
However, there’s a small piece of historil evince that many historians took as clear proof that Richard the Lnheart was gay. Other historians have voted their rearch to monstrate that more than the gay in morny has turned Richard the Lnheart to, he was actually a very astute polician who knew perfectly well the l of polics to keep his power and ambns.
Now, let’s be clear, this don’t mean he pretend to be gay to make allianc; actually has to do more wh the nventns of the time. As we talked, the ma evince historians who believe Richard the Lnheart was gay is that extract om Hoven’s chronicl where he stat that Richard and Philip spent some nights together. Now whether he was gay or not, don’t really matter.
CEL, ANTI-ENGLISH AND ALMOST CERTALY GAY: MEET THE REAL RICHARD THE LNHEART
Was Richard the Lnheart Gay? Everythg was route until the last two sentenc: “In strikg ntrast to his father, and wh Kg John [his brother] he was, there seems no doubt, a homosexual.
Now please don’t get me wrong—I have nothg agast gays. If Richard the Lnheart was gay, then that would be the character I would wre about.
RICHARD I SLEPT WH FRENCH KG 'BUT NOT GAY'
I need to ci how I would addrs the Richard-was-gay was Richard Lnheart gay? Possibly, and that giv the argument that Richard was gay.
This do not sound like a reluctant gay man. Was this the reluctance of a gay man? Some have read to this that Richard ma this public nfsn to addrs homosexual behavr.
But the ia of a “sodome” as referrg to gay behavr is a more morn ia. This do not prove Richard hated women, or wasn’t attracted to ia that Richard the Lnheart, that dashg warrr of the Middle Ag, that larger-than-life epome of bravery battle, was gay is an trigug tabloid-style shocker. But when steppg back om the tillatn, and lookg at the real evince, I have to agree wh Gillgham and Bridge—Richard was most likely not gay.