Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings

Name: Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
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ISBN: 9780674242548

ISBN-10: 0674242548

ISBN-13: 9780674242548

Edition: 1950

Authors: Amy Kelly

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The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at the very center of the rich culture and clashing politics of the twelfth century. Richest marriage prize of the Middle Ages, she was Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII, and went with him on the exciting and disastrous Second Crusade. Inspiration of troubadours and trouvres, she played a large part in rendering fashionable the Courts of Love and in establishing the whole courtly tradition of medieval times. Divorced from Louis, she married Henry Plantagenet, who became Henry II of England. Her resources and resourcefulness helped Henry win…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 1950
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English

Amy Kelly was formerly Associate Professor at Wellesley College.




The Rich Dower



O Paris!



Via Crucis



Fear the Greeks



Antioch the Glorious



Jerusalem



The Queen and the Duke



The Countess and the Poet



The Second Crown



Forging the Empire



King and Archbishop



Becket in Exile



Montmirail and Canterbury



The Flower of the World



The Court of Poitiers



Henry and His Sons



Sedition



Poor Prisoner



The Christmas Court



War Was in His Heart



Henry Revokes His Lands



The Fallen Elm of Gisors



The Lion Heart Is King



The Sicilian Interlude



Things Done Overseas



Shipwreck and Disguise



Eleanor Queen of England



The Ransom



Captive and Betrayer



The Treasure of Chacirc;lus



Lackland's Portion



Blanche and Isabella



Mirebeau



The Hope of Brittany



The Queen Goes Home


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