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Eleanor of Aquitaine : the mother queen of the Middle Ages
- Title
- Eleanor of Aquitaine : the mother queen of the Middle Ages / Desmond Seward.
- Author
- Seward, Desmond, 1935-2022.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014.
- ©1978
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DA209.E6 S45 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 264 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 twelve 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.
- Subject
- Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122?-1204
- Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 > Marriage
- Louis VII, King of France, approximately 1120-1180 > Marriage
- Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189
- Louis VII, King of France, approximately 1120-1180
- Eleonore von Aquitanien 1122-1204
- 1137-1189
- Queens > Great Britain > Biography
- Queens > France > Biography
- Marriage
- Queens
- Great Britain > History > Henry II, 1154-1189
- France > History > Louis VII, 1137-1180
- France
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index.
- Contents
- Aquitaine and the troubadours -- Queen of France -- The crusader -- The divorce -- Duchess of Normandy -- Queen of England -- The Angevin empress -- The court at Poitiers -- Eleanor's sons -- Eleanor's revolt -- The lost years -- Queen mother -- The regent -- Richard's return -- Fontevrault -- The death of Richard -- King John -- The grandmother of Europe -- The murder of Arthur -- The end of the Angevin empire.
- ISBN
- 1605986356
- 9781605986357
- LCCN
- 2015451027
- OCLC
- ocn870098434
- 870098434
- SCSB-14050530
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library