The author of delves into the early life of the legendary Eleanor of Aquitaine in her new historical novel.Christy English
内容简介:Read the inspiring story of Eleanor of Aquitaine's life, from her childhood in the castles of Aquitaine to her extraordinary life as queen, prisoner and crusader. Discover how the early girlhood of Eleanor of Aquitaine shaped her to be Europe's greatest queen at the age of 15. Bor...
The third of the three daughters and the youngest of the five children ofKing John of EnglandandIsabella of Angoulême, Eleanor was born in 1215 in Gloucester, England. She was given the name Eleanor in honor of her grandmotherEleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor had four siblings: King Henry III o...
constructed by King Henry I on the site of an earlier one. It was in that older stronghold that William the Conqueror was born. He was known during his lifetime as William the Bastard, for his parents never wed. The
Eleanor, the daughter of William X, eighth count of Poitou, and tenth duke of Aquitaine, was born in 1122. Her mother, Aenor de Châtellerault, was the daughter of Aimery, Viscount of Châtellerault. Their only son, William, died as a child. Her younger sister, Petronilla, who was ...
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Further reading: “Eleanor of Provence: Queenship in Thirteenth-Century England” by Margaret Howell, “Queens Consort: England’s Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York” by Lisa Hilton, entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography on Eleanor of Provence written by...
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As D.D.R. Owen writes in his book, Eleanor of Aquitaine: "Western civilization was feeling the need for a reassessment, a redefinition of some of its basic principles regarding the nature of man, his place and function in creation, his social organization and responsibilities, his proper ...
Huneycutt, L., “ Alianora Regina Anglorum : Eleanor Aquitaine a nd her Anglo-Norman Predecessors as Queens of England,” in Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady , ed. B. Wheeler and J. C. Parsons (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2002), 115–32....