Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

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"A monstrous injurer of heaven and earth, " as Shakespeare referred to this powerful medieval matriarch, Eleanor of Aquitaine's reign as England's stormiest and most ambitious queen has never been matched.As the greatest heiress in Europe, she was in turn Queen of France and Queen of England; among her sons were Richard the Lionheart and King John. A magnificent independent ruler in her own right, she lost her power when she married Louis VII of France. She received neither influence nor fame by her second marriage to King Henry II, who jailed her for fifteen years for conspiring and supporting their son's claim to the throne. Her husband was succeeded by their son, King Richard the Lionheart, who immediately released his mother from prison. Eleanor then acted as Regent while Richard launched the Third Crusade.Her loveliness and glamour, her throwing-off of the constraints that shackled women of the twelfth century, and her very real gifts as a politician and ruler make Eleanor's story one of the most colorful of the High Middle Ages.

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2014
ISBN
9781605987101
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Preface to the New Edition
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. 1 Aquitaine and the Troubadours
  7. 2 Queen of France
  8. 3 The Crusader
  9. 4 The Divorce
  10. 5 Duchess of Normandy
  11. 6 Queen of England
  12. 7 The Angevin Empress
  13. 8 The Court at Poitiers
  14. 9 Eleanor’s Sons
  15. 10 Eleanor’s Revolt
  16. 11 The Lost Years
  17. 12 Queen Mother
  18. 13 The Regent
  19. 14 Richard’s Return
  20. 15 Fontevrault
  21. 16 The Death of Richard
  22. 17 King John
  23. 18 The Grandmother of Europe
  24. 19 The Murder of Arthur
  25. 20 The End of the Angevin Empire
  26. Select Bibliography
  27. Index
  28. Copyright