Eleanor of Aquitaine: A LifeIn this beautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant portrait of a truly exceptional woman and provides new insights into her intimate world. Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor managed to defy convention as she exercised power in the political sphere and crucial influence over her husbands and sons. Eleanor of Aquitaine lived a long life of many contrasts, of splendor and desolation, power and peril, and in this stunning narrative, Weir captures the woman—and the queen—in all her glory. With astonishing historic detail, mesmerizing pageantry, and irresistible accounts of royal scandal and intrigue, she recreates not only a remarkable personality but a magnificent past era. |
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... messenger to En- gland to deliver letters excommunicating them . On 1 December , Becket disembarked at Sandwich and rode to Can- terbury , where he was accorded a warm welcome by both the ... messengers to summon 186 Eleanor of Aquitaine.
... messenger to En- gland to deliver letters excommunicating them . On 1 December , Becket disembarked at Sandwich and rode to Can- terbury , where he was accorded a warm welcome by both the ... messengers to summon 186 Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Page 199
... woke to find his son gone . He immediately sent messengers after him , but they returned with news that the Young King had crossed the Loire and headed north in the direction of Normandy . Henry " Beware of Your Wife and Sons " 199.
... woke to find his son gone . He immediately sent messengers after him , but they returned with news that the Young King had crossed the Loire and headed north in the direction of Normandy . Henry " Beware of Your Wife and Sons " 199.
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... messengers be sent to the constable of Château Gaillard , William the Marshal , and the Archbishop of Canterbury , with instructions , given under his seal and Eleanor's , for the peaceful transference of power to his successor . Having ...
... messengers be sent to the constable of Château Gaillard , William the Marshal , and the Archbishop of Canterbury , with instructions , given under his seal and Eleanor's , for the peaceful transference of power to his successor . Having ...
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