OL497246W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.17 Pages 474 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:129903571X This woman is Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, and her sole purpose is to marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet, a man destined for greatness as King of England. Urn:lcp:eleanorofaquitai00weir:lcpdf:c49caebd-7974-4f2f-91a8-9e8aa1500342 A beautiful woman is escaping through France, leaving behind two young daughters and a shattered marriage. ISBN 9781910702093 Purchase this product now and earn 97 Points!Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:53:07 Boxid IA145501 Boxid_2 CH120905 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Edition 1. In this account of the turbulent adventures of the extraordinary mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John, author Douglas Boyd takes us into the heart and.
Through the story of these first five Plantagenet queens, Alison Weir provides an enthralling new perspective on a dramatic period of high romance and sometimes low politics, with determined women at its heart. The lives of Eleanor’s successors were just as remarkable: Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard the Lionheart, Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John, and Alienor of Provence, queen of Henry III, and finally Eleanor of Castile, the grasping but beloved wife of Edward I. Her narrative begins with the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Henry II establishes a dynasty which rules for over three hundred years and creates the most powerful empire in western Christendom – but also sows the seeds for some of the most destructive family conflicts in history and for the collapse, under her son King John, of England’s power in Europe. We see events such as the murder of Becket, Magna Carta and the birth of parliaments from a new perspective.
Alison Weir’s ground-breaking history of the queens of medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291: years of chivalry, dynastic ambition, conflict with the church, baronial wars, and the all-pervading bonds of feudalism. Eleanor of Aquitaine : a life by Weir, Alison. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe – these determined women often broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill.
The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history.
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