How do some of these themes intersect in the Lion in Winter? Do
these ideas correspond to the reality of the Middle Ages as you
know it?
Slide 5
The hair, once reddish, now turning to grey, of middle height,
round- headed, his eyes brilliant as lightning when rouses, his
face lion-like, surmounted by a fine mane, his deep chest, strong
arms and bow legs. Peter of Blois (1135-1211)