I'm reading Dan Jones's The Plantagenets. Jones mentions in two parenthetical asides that Richard I has been suggested to have been gay but that this theory has been rejected without going further into detail.
Where do these theories come from?
What does Jones mean that they have been rejected?
What criticism has Jones's work received and what biases should I be aware of while reading his books. I am thoroughly enjoying The Plantagenets and plan on reading some of Jones's other work.
Thank you.
Richard liked fighting. He preferred the company of soldiers.
As for his sex life and it's historiography, I addressed a similar question a while back that you might find interesting.
Always more to be said of course