Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady
- ISBN-10
- 1137052627
- ISBN-13
- 9781137052629
- Series
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 506
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-04-30
- Publisher
- Springer
- Authors
- B. Wheeler, John C. Parsons
Description
Eleanor's patrilineal descent, from a lineage already prestigious enough to have produced an empress in the eleventh century, gave her the lordship of Aquitaine. But marriage re-emphasized her sex which, in the medieval scheme of gender-power relations relegated her to the position of Lady in relation to her Lordly husbands. In this collection, essays provide a context for Eleanor's life and further an evolving understanding of Eleanor's multifaceted career. A valuable collection on the greatest heiress of the medieval period.
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