A biography of the twelfth-century queen, first of France, then of England, who was the wife of Henry II also discusses life in the Middle Ages.
Author: Ralph V. Turner
Publisher:
ISBN: 0300119119
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 395
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A biography of the twelfth-century queen, first of France, then of England, who was the wife of Henry II also discusses life in the Middle Ages.In addition to being queen consort of both Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, she was also the mother of Richard I the Lion-Heart and John of England.
Author: Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 9781438104164
Category: Eleanor
Page: 164
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In addition to being queen consort of both Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, she was also the mother of Richard I the Lion-Heart and John of England.An account of Queen Eleanor which describes her dramatic life as a queen, her marriages, and her contributions to that period This account of Queen Eleanor and her century is offered as a study of individuals who set their stamp upon the ...
Author: Amy Ruth Kelly
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674242548
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 431
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An account of Queen Eleanor which describes her dramatic life as a queen, her marriages, and her contributions to that periodJean Flori attempts to write the full story of the queen who was determined, in spite of the huge moral, social, political and religious pressures bearing down upon her, to take charge of her own life in all its aspects.
Author: Jean Flori
Publisher:
ISBN: UOM:39015077603176
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 397
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The extraordinary life of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204) still fascinates and intrigues historians today. Jean Flori attempts to write the full story of the queen who was determined, in spite of the huge moral, social, political and religious pressures bearing down upon her, to take charge of her own life in all its aspects.This book is therefore a comprehensive reappraisal of the reign based, with rare understanding, on contemporary sources; it provides a coherent and persuasive revaluation of the man and the king, and is, in itself, an eloquent and ...
Author: W. L. Warren
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520034945
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 693
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Studies the eye of the medieval English monarch, focusing upon the religious disputes and political reforms that marked his reignStudies the eye of the medieval English monarch, focusing upon the religious disputes and political reforms that marked his reign
Author: Wilfred Lewis Warren
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520022823
Category: History
Page: 693
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Studies the eye of the medieval English monarch, focusing upon the religious disputes and political reforms that marked his reignAlongside the Kingdom of England, Henry II inherited the Dukedom of Normandy
from his mother, and the County of Anjou from his father. Following his marriage
to Eleanor of Aquitaine (d.1204), Henry also acquired control of the Duchy of ...
Author: Peter J. A. Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198843542
Category: History
Page: 240
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Towards the end of the twelfth century, powerful images of laughing kings and saints began to appear in texts circulating at the English royal court. At the same time, contemporaries began celebrating the wit, humour, and laughter of King Henry II (r.1154-89) and his martyred Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint Thomas Becket (d.1170). Taking a broad genealogical approach, Laughter and Power in the Twelfth Century traces the emergence of this powerful laughter through an immersive study of medieval intellectual, literary, social, religious, and political debates. Focusing on a cultural renaissance in England, the study situates laughter at the heart of the defining transformations of the second half of the 1100s. With an expansive survey of theological and literary texts, bringing a range of unedited manuscript material to light in the process, Peter J. A. Jones exposes how twelfth-century writers came to connect laughter with spiritual transcendence and justice, and how this connection gave humour a unique political and spiritual power in both text and action. Ultimately, Jones argues that England's popular images of laughing kings and saints effectively reinstated a sublime charismatic authority, something truly rebellious at a moment in history when bureaucracy and codification were first coming to dominate European political life.This is a compassionate biography of this charismatic queen and the world she ruled over.
Author: Marion Meade
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9781474603317
Category: History
Page: 448
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A comprehensive account of the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. The wife of King Louis VII of France and then of King Henry II of England, and mother to Richard Coeur de Lion and King John, she became the key political figure of the twelfth century. Eleanor's long life inspired a number of legends. At twenty-five she set out for the Holy Land as a Crusader, and at seventy-eight she crossed the Pyrenees to Spain to fetch the granddaughter whose marriage would be, she hoped, a pledge of peace between England and France. This is a compassionate biography of this charismatic queen and the world she ruled over.Every time he raised the subject, King Henry flew into a rage and told him not to
be rude. The Young King was particularly angry when Henry II promised to give
Prince John three castles in France and some English estates—all of which had ...
Author: David Hilliam
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1404201629
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 112
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For more than sixty years, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine was involved in all the important events in twelfth-century France and England. This wonderful book tells her tale in exquisite detail, from describing the fashionable furs and luxurious clothing she carried with her, to vivid descriptions of the court of medieval France. It recounts the harrowing battles in the Holy Land as well as the true-to-life discussions of Eleanor s many love interests. Filled with hard-to-find images including a photo of the only remaining sculpture of the famous queen this is a fascinating and visually stunning book.4.4 Books and Learning John's parents , Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine , have
well - established reputations as important patrons of learning and literature .
There is debate over the extent of their patronage , but there is no doubt that their
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Author: Hugh M. Thomas
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198802518
Category: History
Page: 288
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Although King John is remembered for his political and military failures, he also resided over a magnificent court. This book uses records of his reign to reconstruct his life at court, and explore how it produced both pleasure and soft power for the king.Eleanor of Aquitaine , afterwards queen of England , marries Louis VII . of France
, 133 ; divorced from Louis VII . , 164 ; marries Henry , 165 ; her sister had married
the count of Vermandois , 167 ; gives birth to a son , William , 176 ; and to a ...
Author: Richard Howlett
Publisher:
ISBN: PSU:000023984554
Category: Great Britain
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Accession of Henry II . - Eleanor of Aquitaine . CAMEO XIX . YOUTH OF BECKET
. ( 1154–1162 . ) King of England . King of Scotland . King of France . Emperors of
Germany . 1154. Henry II . 1153. Malcolm V. 1137. Lonis VII . 1138. Konrad II .
Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher:
ISBN: NYPL:33433075909212
Category: Great Britain
Page: 475
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Council of Troyes ( 1107 ) , 44 Geoffrey of Loudon , brother of Henry II , Crusades
, 6 , 53 , 59 , 68 - 69 , 71 , 101 , 119 , 141 ... follows Henry II , born , 233 ; married ,
244 III to France , 249 ; inheritance of , Eleanor of Aquitaine : birth and youth ...
Author: Melrich Vonelm Rosenberg
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ISBN: STANFORD:36105004863838
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"Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d?Aquitaine; Éléonore de Guyenne; 1122 or 1124? 1 April 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages, a member of the Ramnufid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France. She became Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right while she was still a child, then later queen consort of France (1137?1152) and England (1154?1189)."--Wikipedia.This must be Henry II . , son of Maud , and his queen Eleanor , daughter of
William Duke of Aquitaine . ( 3 . ) Three lions passant impaling lozengy or and . . .
. - King John and his second wife Isabel , daughter of the Earl of Angouleme . ( 4 .
) ...
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ISBN: OXFORD:303271883
Category: Wales
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... Christmas reunion of Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine and their three sons,
complete with Henry's mistress, Alais, and her ... a glorious wallow — particularly
if Elizabeth Taylor could have been tapped for Eleanor and Richard Burton for
Henry ...
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ALBERT ...
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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ISBN: PSU:000052000546
Category: American literature
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In her biography, Alison Weir brings all the colour and ever-present dangers of Eleanor's world to life, filling the text with absorbing background detail and revelatory contemporary anecdotes.
Author: Alison Weir
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781446457733
Category: Fiction
Page: 992
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A special bundle of one fiction and one non-fiction title from bestselling historian Alison Weir, both exploring the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Captive Queen: It is the year 1152 and a beautiful woman of thirty, attended by only a small armed escort, is riding southwards through what is now France, leaving behind her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage to Louis of France, who had been more like a monk than a king, and certainly not much of a lover. This woman is Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, and her sole purpose now is to return to her vast duchy and marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet, a man destined for greatness as King of England. Theirs is a union founded on lust which will create a great empire stretching from the wilds of Scotland to the Pyrenees. It will also create the devil's brood of Plantagenets - including Richard Cœur de Lion and King John - and the most notoriously vicious marriage in history. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Wife of Louis VII of France and subsequently of Henry II of England and mother of Richard the Lionheart, Eleanor played a prominent part in the politics of the 12th century. In her biography, Alison Weir brings all the colour and ever-present dangers of Eleanor's world to life, filling the text with absorbing background detail and revelatory contemporary anecdotes. The result is a fresh and thoughtful perspective on the energetic 82 years of life of a determined and ambitious woman living with the sexism, excesses and violence of a society in which the word of a single man could condemn thousands to be put to death.Read the next volume in Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England - including the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Author: Alison Weir
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781473523326
Category: History
Page: 496
View: 817
Read the next volume in Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England - including the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe - these determined women often broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill. Alison Weir's ground-breaking history of the queens of medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291: years of chivalry, dynastic ambition, conflict with the church, baronial wars, and the all-pervading bonds of feudalism. We see events such as the murder of Becket, Magna Carta and the birth of parliaments from a new perspective. Her narrative begins with the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Henry II establishes a dynasty which rules for over three hundred years and creates the most powerful empire in western Christendom - but also sows the seeds for some of the most destructive family conflicts in history and for the collapse, under her son King John, of England's power in Europe. The lives of Eleanor's successors were just as remarkable: Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard the Lionheart, Isabella of Angoulême, queen of John, and Alienor of Provence, queen of Henry III, and finally Eleanor of Castile, the grasping but beloved wife of Edward I. Through the story of these first five Plantagenet queens, Alison Weir provides an enthralling new perspective on a dramatic period of high romance and sometimes low politics, with determined women at its heart. 'Fascinating.' Tracy Borman, Daily ExpressA union with Louis VII allowed her to ascend the French throne, yet he was a tepid and possessive man and no match for a young woman raised in the Courts of Love.
Author: Jean Plaidy
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 0307347079
Category: Fiction
Page: 576
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When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me—my triumphs and most of my misfortunes—was due to my passionate relationships with men. I was a woman who considered herself their equal—and in many ways their superior—but it seemed that I depended on them, while seeking to be the dominant partner—an attitude which could hardly be expected to bring about a harmonious existence. Eleanor of Aquitaine was revered for her superior intellect, extraordinary courage, and fierce loyalty. She was equally famous for her turbulent relationships, which included marriages to the kings of both France and England. As a child, Eleanor reveled in her beloved grandfather’s Courts of Love, where troubadours sang of romantic devotion and passion filled the air. In 1137, at the age of fifteen, Eleanor became Duchess of Aquitaine, the richest province in Europe. A union with Louis VII allowed her to ascend the French throne, yet he was a tepid and possessive man and no match for a young woman raised in the Courts of Love. When Eleanor met the magnetic Henry II, the first Plantagenet King of England, their stormy pairing set great change in motion—and produced many sons and daughters, two of whom would one day reign in their own right. In this majestic and sweeping story, set against a backdrop of medieval politics, intrigue, and strife, Jean Plaidy weaves a tapestry of love, passion, betrayal, and heartbreak—and reveals the life of a most remarkable woman whose iron will and political savvy enabled her to hold her own against the most powerful men of her time.