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Kelly, Amy Ruth:Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings - Paperback
1978, ISBN: 9780674242548
Harvard University Press. Very Good+. 1978. Book Club Edition. Softcover. 0674242548 . Tight clean bright unmarked book; Harvard Paperbacks; 1.2 x 9 x 5.9 Inches; 427 pages; <p> Th… More...
Harvard University Press. Very Good+. 1978. Book Club Edition. Softcover. 0674242548 . Tight clean bright unmarked book; Harvard Paperbacks; 1.2 x 9 x 5.9 Inches; 427 pages; <p> The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, <i>Eleanor of Aquitaine</i>, has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at the very center of the rich culture and clashing politics of the twelfth century. Richest marriage prize of the Middle Ages, she was Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII, and went with him on the exciting and disastrous Second Crusade. Inspiration of troubadours and trouvères, she played a large part in rendering fashionable the Courts of Love and in establishing the whole courtly tradition of medieval times. Divorced from Louis, she married Henry Plantagenet, who became Henry II of England. Her resources and resourcefulness helped Henry win his throne, she was involved in the conflict over Thomas Becket, and, after Henry's death, she handled the affairs of the Angevin empire with a sagacity that brought her the trust and confidence of popes and kings and emperors. </p><p> Having been first a Capet and then a Plantagenet, Queen Eleanor was the central figure in the bitter rivalry between those houses for the control of their continental domains--a rivalry that excited the whole period: after Henry's death, her sons, Richard Coeur-de-Lion and John "Lackland" (of Magna Charta fame), fiercely pursued the feud up to and even beyond the end of the century. But the dynastic struggle of the period was accompanied by other stirrings: the intellectual revolt, the struggle between church and state, the secularization of literature and other arts, the rise of the distinctive urban culture of the great cities. Eleanor was concerned with all the movements, closely connected with all the personages; and she knew every city from London and Paris to Byzantium, Jerusalem, and Rome. Miss Kelly's story of the queen's long life--the first modern biography brings together more authentic information about her than has ever been assembled before and reveals in Eleanor a greatness of vision, an intelligence, and a political sagacity that have been missed by those who have dwelt on her caprice and frivolity. It also brings to life the whole period in whose every aspect Eleanor and her four kings were so intimately and influentially involved. Miss Kelly tells Eleanor's absorbing story as it has long waited to be told--with verve and style and a sense of the quality of life in those times, and yet with a scrupulous care for the historic facts. </p> ., Harvard University Press, 1978, 3<
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Kelly, Amy Ruth:
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
- hardcover1978, ISBN: 9780674242548
New York: BOMC. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0674242548 . ABout new book, unmarked and still stiff to open; in lightly rubbed DJ. ; 1.2 x 9 x 5.9 In… More...
New York: BOMC. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0674242548 . ABout new book, unmarked and still stiff to open; in lightly rubbed DJ. ; 1.2 x 9 x 5.9 Inches; 427 pages; <p> The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, <i>Eleanor of Aquitaine</i>, has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at the very center of the rich culture and clashing politics of the twelfth century. Richest marriage prize of the Middle Ages, she was Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII, and went with him on the exciting and disastrous Second Crusade. Inspiration of troubadours and trouvères, she played a large part in rendering fashionable the Courts of Love and in establishing the whole courtly tradition of medieval times. Divorced from Louis, she married Henry Plantagenet, who became Henry II of England. Her resources and resourcefulness helped Henry win his throne, she was involved in the conflict over Thomas Becket, and, after Henry's death, she handled the affairs of the Angevin empire with a sagacity that brought her the trust and confidence of popes and kings and emperors. </p><p> Having been first a Capet and then a Plantagenet, Queen Eleanor was the central figure in the bitter rivalry between those houses for the control of their continental domains--a rivalry that excited the whole period: after Henry's death, her sons, Richard Coeur-de-Lion and John "Lackland" (of Magna Charta fame), fiercely pursued the feud up to and even beyond the end of the century. But the dynastic struggle of the period was accompanied by other stirrings: the intellectual revolt, the struggle between church and state, the secularization of literature and other arts, the rise of the distinctive urban culture of the great cities. Eleanor was concerned with all the movements, closely connected with all the personages; and she knew every city from London and Paris to Byzantium, Jerusalem, and Rome. Miss Kelly's story of the queen's long life--the first modern biography brings together more authentic information about her than has ever been assembled before and reveals in Eleanor a greatness of vision, an intelligence, and a political sagacity that have been missed by those who have dwelt on her caprice and frivolity. It also brings to life the whole period in whose every aspect Eleanor and her four kings were so intimately and influentially involved. Miss Kelly tells Eleanor's absorbing story as it has long waited to be told--with verve and style and a sense of the quality of life in those times, and yet with a scrupulous care for the historic facts. </p> ., BOMC, 1978, 4.5<
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Kelly, Amy Ruth:Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
- hardcover 1978
ISBN: 0674242548
[EAN: 9780674242548], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: BOMC, New York], BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS BOOKS HISTORICAL ROYALTY LEADERS NOTABLE PEOPLE MEDIEVAL WORLD HISTORY FRANCE, Jacket, ABout ne… More...
[EAN: 9780674242548], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: BOMC, New York], BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS BOOKS HISTORICAL ROYALTY LEADERS NOTABLE PEOPLE MEDIEVAL WORLD HISTORY FRANCE, Jacket, ABout new book, unmarked and still stiff to open; in lightly rubbed DJ. ; 1.2 x 9 x 5.9 Inches; 427 pages; The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at the very center of the rich culture and clashing politics of the twelfth century. Richest marriage prize of the Middle Ages, she was Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII, and went with him on the exciting and disastrous Second Crusade. Inspiration of troubadours and trouvà res, she played a large part in rendering fashionable the Courts of Love and in establishing the whole courtly tradition of medieval times. Divorced from Louis, she married Henry Plantagenet, who became Henry II of England. Her resources and resourcefulness helped Henry win his throne, she was involved in the conflict over Thomas Becket, and, after Henry's death, she handled the affairs of the Angevin empire with a sagacity that brought her the trust and confidence of popes and kings and emperors. Having been first a Capet and then a Plantagenet, Queen Eleanor was the central figure in the bitter rivalry between those houses for the control of their continental domains--a rivalry that excited the whole period: after Henry's death, her sons, Richard Coeur-de-Lion and John "Lackland" (of Magna Charta fame), fiercely pursued the feud up to and even beyond the end of the century. But the dynastic struggle of the period was accompanied by other stirrings: the intellectual revolt, the struggle between church and state, the secularization of literature and other arts, the rise of the distinctive urban culture of the great cities. Eleanor was concerned with all the movements, closely connected with all the personages; and she knew every city from London and Paris to Byzantium, Jerusalem, and Rome. Miss Kelly's story of the queen's long life--the first modern biography brings together more authentic information about her than has ever been assembled before and reveals in Eleanor a greatness of vision, an intelligence, and a political sagacity that have been missed by those who have dwelt on her caprice and frivolity. It also brings to life the whole period in whose every aspect Eleanor and her four kings were so intimately and influentially involved. Miss Kelly tells Eleanor's absorbing story as it has long waited to be told--with verve and style and a sense of the quality of life in those times, and yet with a scrupulous care for the historic facts., Books<
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Amy Kelly:Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings by Amy Kelly
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The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, "Eleanor of Aquitaine," has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at the very center of the rich culture a… More...
The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, "Eleanor of Aquitaine," has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at the very center of the rich culture and clashing politics of the twelfth century. Richest marriage prize of the Middle Ages, she was Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII, and went with him on the exciting and disastrous Second Crusade. Inspiration of troubadours and trouveres, she played a large part in rendering fashionable the Courts of Love and in establishing the whole courtly tradition of medieval times. Divorced from Louis, she married Henry Plantagenet, who became Henry II of England. Her resources and resourcefulness helped Henry win his throne, she was involved in the conflict over Thomas Becket, and, after Henry's death, she handled the affairs of the Angevin empire with a sagacity that brought her the trust and confidence of popes and kings and emperors. Having been first a Capet and then a Plantagenet, Queen Eleanor was the central figure in the bitter rivalry between those houses for the control of their continental domains--a rivalry that excited the whole period: after Henry's death, her sons, Richard Coeur-de-Lion and John "Lackland" (of Magna Charta fame), fiercely pursued the feud up to and even beyond the end of the century. But the dynastic struggle of the period was accompanied by other stirrings: the intellectual revolt, the struggle between church and state, the secularization of literature and other arts, the rise of the distinctive urban culture of the great cities. Eleanor was concerned with all the movements, closely connected with all the personages; and she knew every city from London and Paris to Byzantium, Jerusalem, and Rome. Miss Kelly's story of the queen's long life--the first modern biography brings together more authentic information about her than has ever been assembled before and reveals in Eleanor a greatness of vision, an intelligence, and a political sagacity that have been missed by those who have dwelt on her caprice and frivolity. It also brings to life the whole period in whose every aspect Eleanor and her four kings were so intimately and influentially involved. Miss Kelly tells Eleanor's absorbing story as it has long waited to be told--with verve and style and a sense of the quality of life in those times, and yet with a scrupulous care for the historic facts. Media > Book, [PU: Harvard University Press]<
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Kelly, Amy. [Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1122-1200]:Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings.
- Paperback 1971, ISBN: 9780674242548
Harvard UP ['Fourteenth Printing, 1971']. HP15. Soft Cover. 427 p., 11 b/w illus., map, index; 23.5 cm. "This account of Queen Eleanor and her century is offered as a study … More...
Harvard UP ['Fourteenth Printing, 1971']. HP15. Soft Cover. 427 p., 11 b/w illus., map, index; 23.5 cm. "This account of Queen Eleanor and her century is offered as a study of individuals who set their stamp upon the events of their time... The materials used are in general 'contemporary' sources (those of the twelfth century, expanded by a decade or two at either end)... The twelfth century affords especially rich materials for such study. Persons representing important aspects of experience flourished in numbers... The time is marked by many stirrings-- the intellectual revolt, the turn from Romanesque to Gothic, the impulse to crusade, the struggle between church and state, the rise of vernacular literature... The urban culture of the great cities is distinctive. Queen Eleanor knew all the personages; she was concerned with all the movements, to many of which she contributed notably; and she knew every city... Her story, which runs through the last three quarters of the century, provides a 'plot' almost as compact as that of a novel, for she was the center of the feud between the Capets and the Plantagenets that agitated the whole period and culminated in the collapse of the Angevin empire. Without historical distortion or any attempt to fictionize, her history brings the diverse elements together and into relation." Academic paperback; blindstamp; VG. Stock#23710., Harvard UP ['Fourteenth Printing, 1971']. HP15, 0<
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