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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the four kings / Amy Kelly.
LIBRA DA209.E6 K45 1950
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Amy R. (Amy Ruth), 1877-1962.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122?-1204.
- Eleanor.
- Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189.
- Louis VII, King of France, approximately 1120-1180.
- History.
- Marriage.
- France.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--Henry II, 1154-1189--Biography.
- Great Britain--History--Richard I, 1189-1199--Biography.
- Louis VII, King of France, approximately 1120-1180--Marriage.
- Louis.
- Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189--Marriage.
- Henry.
- France--History--Louis VII, 1137-1180--Biography.
- Great Britain--History--Plantagenets, 1154-1399.
- Queens--Great Britain--Biography.
- Queens.
- Queens--France--Biography.
- Plantagenet, House of.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 431 pages : illustrations, map (on lining papers) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1950.
- Summary:
- An account of Queen Eleanor which describes her dramatic life as a queen, her marriages, and her contributions to that period.
- Contents:
- 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 an empire
- King and Archbishop
- Becket in exile
- Montmirail and Canterbury
- The flower of the world
- The court of the 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 Chalus
- Lackland's portion
- Blanche and Isabella
- Mirebeau
- The hope of Brittany
- The Queen goes home.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-417) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kelly, Amy R. (Amy Ruth), b. 1877. Eleanor of Aquitaine and the four kings.
- ISBN:
- 0674242505
- 9780674242500
- 0674242548
- 9780674242548
- OCLC:
- 256870
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