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Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only person ever to sit on the thrones of both France and England. 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 mind of the woman who changed the shape of Europe for 300 years by marrying Henry of Anjou to make him England's Henry II. Brought up in the comfort- and culture-loving Mediterranean civilisation of southern France, she was a European with a continent-wide vision and a peculiarly 'modern' woman who rejected the subordinate female role decreed by the Church. In this biography, using French, Old French, Latin and Occitan sources, Douglas Boyd lays bare Eleanor's relationship and vividly brings her world to life.… (plus d'informations)
waltzmn: Biographies of Eleanor of Aquitaine are numerous. But even the ones that are properly documented seem to have an obsession with all the silly little details reported by chroniclers who cannot possibly have known if they were true or false. Owen's book is the one biography of the Queen that strikes me as honest, sensible, fair, and readable.… (plus d'informations)
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It's always the same.
Eleanor of Aquitaine was unquestionably a great figure in history. She was unquestionably an independent thinker. She was clearly of above average intelligence. That was enough to make her a legend.
Unfortunately.
Because there are so many tales about her, she seems to attract non-serious biographers. I now have five biographies of Eleanor. Only one of them -- D. D. R. Owen's Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen & Legend -- seems to have started from the facts and tried to deduce what it could.
This volume is better than some of the alternatives, which are almost pure gossip. Boyd does seem to try to find sources for what he comes up with. But the sources aren't sifted, and once he has read them, he in any case proceeds to speculate far too freely. The result is depressingly like all those other scandal-mongers.
Eleanor of Aquitaine was a great woman. Let's hope, someday, she finds a great biographer. ( )
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To all our tomorrows: Chloe, Edward, Eleanor, Eve, Gwyneth, Hannah, Jessie and Lily[.] Vivant in pace!
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Introduction -- When the occasional lists of the all-time rich and powerful are compiled by the media the name of Eleanor of Aquitaine is almost always present.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only person ever to sit on the thrones of both France and England. 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 mind of the woman who changed the shape of Europe for 300 years by marrying Henry of Anjou to make him England's Henry II. Brought up in the comfort- and culture-loving Mediterranean civilisation of southern France, she was a European with a continent-wide vision and a peculiarly 'modern' woman who rejected the subordinate female role decreed by the Church. In this biography, using French, Old French, Latin and Occitan sources, Douglas Boyd lays bare Eleanor's relationship and vividly brings her world to life.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine was unquestionably a great figure in history. She was unquestionably an independent thinker. She was clearly of above average intelligence. That was enough to make her a legend.
Unfortunately.
Because there are so many tales about her, she seems to attract non-serious biographers. I now have five biographies of Eleanor. Only one of them -- D. D. R. Owen's Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen & Legend -- seems to have started from the facts and tried to deduce what it could.
This volume is better than some of the alternatives, which are almost pure gossip. Boyd does seem to try to find sources for what he comes up with. But the sources aren't sifted, and once he has read them, he in any case proceeds to speculate far too freely. The result is depressingly like all those other scandal-mongers.
Eleanor of Aquitaine was a great woman. Let's hope, someday, she finds a great biographer. (