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Cockerill Sara Qc - Eleanor Of Aquitaine Queen Of France And England Mother Of Empires - Paperback
Cockerill Sara Qc - Eleanor Of Aquitaine Queen Of France And England Mother Of Empires - Paperback
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Description: In the competition for remarkable queens Eleanor of Aquitaine tends to win. In fact her story sometimes seems so extreme it ought to be made up. The headlines: orphaned as a child Duchess in her own right Queen of France crusader survivor of a terrible battle kidnapped by her own husband captured by pirates divorced for barrenness Countess of Anjou Queen of England mother of at least five sons and three daughters supporter of her sons rebellion against her own husband his prisoner for fifteen years ruler of England in her own right traveller across the Pyrenees and Alps in winter in her late sixties and seventies and mentor to the most remarkable queen medieval France was to know (her own granddaughter obviously). It might be thought that this material would need no embroidery. But the reality is that Eleanor of Aquitaine's life has been subjected to successive reinventions over the years with the facts usually losing the battle with speculation and wishful thinking. In this biography Sara Cockerill has gone back to the primary sources and the wealth of recent first - rate scholarship and assessed which of the claims about Eleanor can be sustained on the evidence. The result is a complete re - evaluation of this remarkable woman's even more remarkable life. A number of oft - repeated myths are debunked and a fresh vision of Eleanor emerges. In addition the book includes the fruits of her own research breaking new ground on Eleanor's relationship with the Church her artistic patronage and her relationships with all of her children including her family by her first marriage.
Title: Eleanor Of Aquitaine Queen Of France And England Mother Of Empires
Author(s): Cockerill Sara Qc
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Barcode: 9781398112391
Pages: 448 Pages, 32 Plates, Color
Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Category: Medieval History
Description: In the competition for remarkable queens Eleanor of Aquitaine tends to win. In fact her story sometimes seems so extreme it ought to be made up. The headlines: orphaned as a child Duchess in her own right Queen of France crusader survivor of a terrible battle kidnapped by her own husband captured by pirates divorced for barrenness Countess of Anjou Queen of England mother of at least five sons and three daughters supporter of her sons rebellion against her own husband his prisoner for fifteen years ruler of England in her own right traveller across the Pyrenees and Alps in winter in her late sixties and seventies and mentor to the most remarkable queen medieval France was to know (her own granddaughter obviously). It might be thought that this material would need no embroidery. But the reality is that Eleanor of Aquitaine's life has been subjected to successive reinventions over the years with the facts usually losing the battle with speculation and wishful thinking. In this biography Sara Cockerill has gone back to the primary sources and the wealth of recent first - rate scholarship and assessed which of the claims about Eleanor can be sustained on the evidence. The result is a complete re - evaluation of this remarkable woman's even more remarkable life. A number of oft - repeated myths are debunked and a fresh vision of Eleanor emerges. In addition the book includes the fruits of her own research breaking new ground on Eleanor's relationship with the Church her artistic patronage and her relationships with all of her children including her family by her first marriage.
Title: Eleanor Of Aquitaine Queen Of France And England Mother Of Empires
Author(s): Cockerill Sara Qc
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Barcode: 9781398112391
Pages: 448 Pages, 32 Plates, Color
Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Category: Medieval History
