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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the four kings / by Amy Kelly.

Summary:

Kelly's biography of Eleanor brings together more authentic information about her than had ever been assembled before and revealed in Eleanor a greatness of vision, an intelligence, and a political sagacity that had been missed by those who have dwelt on her caprice and frivolity. --Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0674242505 (cloth)
  • ISBN: 9780674242500 (cloth)
  • ISBN: 0674242548 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780674242548 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xi, 427 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c1978.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-415) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The rich dower -- O Paris! -- Via crucis -- Fear the Greeks -- Antioch the glorious -- Jerusalem -- The queen and the duke -- The countess and the poet -- The second crown -- Forging the empire -- King and archbishop -- Becket in exile -- Montmirail and Canterbury -- The flower of the world -- The court of Poitiers -- Henry and his sons -- Sedition -- Poor prisoner -- The Christmas court -- War was in his heart -- Henry revokes his lands -- The fallen elm of Gisors -- The lion heart is king -- The Sicilian interlude -- Things done overseas -- Shipwreck and disguise -- Eleanor Queen of England -- The ransom -- Captive and betrayer -- The treasure of Châlus -- Lackland's portion -- Blanche and Isabella -- Mirebeau -- The hope of Brittany -- The queen goes home.
Subject:
Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122?-1204.
Great Britain > History > Plantagenets, 1154-1399.
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
Queens > France > Biography.
Eleonore (von Aquitanien)

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library BIO ELEA KELL 1978 279336 Biography Available -