First years of Chatau Gaillard in written sources

Abstract

The article is focused on the beginnings of Chateau Gaillard castle in Normandy from its foundation in 1196 to its capture by Philip II of France in 1204. It also examines an image of the castle in contemporary narrative sources.

Keywords

• Chateau Gaillard
• Richard I
• Philip Augustus
• John Lackland
• Normandy
• Angevin Empire
• castle
• siege
• chronicles