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Eleanor of Aquitaine a life

A biography of one of the most influential women of the Middle Ages discusses her marriages to Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, and her later efforts to secure the throne of England for her sons.

Main Author: Weir, Alison, 1951- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, 2000.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Subjects:
Eleanor, > of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, > 1122?-1204.
Louis > VII, > King of France, > approximately 1120-1180 > Marriage.
Henry > II, > King of England, > 1133-1189 > Marriage.
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
Queens > France > Biography.
Great Britain > History > Henry II, 1154-1189 > Biography.
France > History > Louis VII, 1137-1180 > Biography.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: 18 May 1152
  • "Opulent Aquitaine"
  • "A Model of Virtue"
  • "Counsel of the Devil"
  • "To Jerusalem!"
  • "A Righteous Annulment"
  • "A Happy Issue"
  • "All the Business of the Kingdom"
  • "Eleanor, by the Grace of God, Queen of England"
  • "The King Has Wrought a Miracle"
  • "Conjectures Which Grow Day by Day"
  • "The Holy Martyr"
  • "The Cubs Shall Awake"
  • "Beware of Your Wife and Sons"
  • "Poor Prisoner"
  • "Shame, Shame on a Conquered King!"
  • "The Eagle Shall Rejoice in Her Third Nesting"
  • "The Admiration of Her Age"
  • "The Devil Is Loosed!"
  • "The Staff of My Old Age"
  • "The Most Reverend Eleanor"
  • "The Brood of the Wicked Shall Not Thrive"
  • "A Candle Goeth Out."

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