D. D. R. Owen (1922–2003)
Auteur de Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Legend
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de D. D. R. Owen
The song of Roland: the Oxford text 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Owen, Douglas David Roy
- Date de naissance
- 1922-11-17
- Date de décès
- 2003-03-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Norton, Suffolk, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Canada
Malta
Scotland - Études
- University College of Nottingham
University of Cambridge (St Catharine's College) (Ph.D.) (1955) - Professions
- scholar of medieval French literature
university professor - Organisations
- University of St. Andrews
Membres
Critiques
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Legend par D. D. R. Owen
I have read four "biographies" of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Only one of them deserves the term. It's this one. Owen looks carefully at the known facts of a noteworthy woman's history, and he looks at the folklore -- and he does not confuse them. Eleanor was a fascinating woman at a time when women had little power, and he shows how that influenced her actions -- and how it caused the chroniclers (all men) to savage her. It's a good read, not overlaid with legend or gossip, and it also appears highly accurate.… (plus d'informations)
Adequate life of a major Scottish king, interspersed with comments on literature possibly linked to his court, notably the romance of Fergus of Galloway
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 121
- Popularité
- #164,307
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 16
- Langues
- 1