Eleanor of Aquitaine : Queen of France, Queen of England

by Ralph V. Turner

• ISBN13: 9780300178203
• ISBN10: 0300178204
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-12-13
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Author Biography

Ralph V. Turner is emeritus professor of history, Florida State University. He is the author of King John and The Reign of Richard Lionheart, among many other publications on European medieval history. He lives in Tallahassee.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Maps	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
Genealogies	p. xvi
Introduction: Searching for a "Truthful Image" of Eleanor of Aquitaine	p. 1
Growing Up in the Ducal Court of Aquitaine, 1124-1137	p. 10
Bride to a King, Queen of the French, 1137-1145	p. 39
Adventures and Misadventures on the Second Crusade, 1145-1149	p. 70
A Husband Lost, a Husband Gained, 1149-1154	p. 99
Once More a Queen and Mother: England, 1154-1168	p. 123
A Queen's Work: Regent for an Absentee King, 1155-1168	p. 150
A Taste of Power in Poitou, 1168-1173	p. 175
A Queen's Discontent and her Sons' Thwarted Ambitions, 1173-1174	p. 205
A Captive Queen's Lost Years, 1174-1189	p. 231
The Queen-Mother: Richard's Reign, 1189-1199	p. 256
Securing the Plantagenet Legacy: John's Reign, 1199-1204	p. 280
Overwhelmed by a Black Legend	p. 299
Abbreviations	p. 314
Notes	p. 318
Bibliography	p. 364
Index	p. 383
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