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Happy birthday to the Crusader-King!
On September 8, 1157, the third child of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine was born. Richard the Lionheart would become an absolute prodigy on the field of battle, combining legendary individual prowess with a rare genius for strategy.
The Fifth Commandment of Gautier's Code of Chivalry:
Thou shalt not recoil before the enemy.
Anger gets a bad rap.
Of course we need to avoid being owned by our anger, pulled away from what we need to be doing, drawn into misery.
But anger can also spur us to righteous action and is perfectly in keeping with Christian virtue. 🧵