Eleanor of Aquitaine : Patron and Politician / edited by William W. Kibler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kibler, William W., author.

Contributor:

Kibler, William W., 1942-

Series:

Symposia in the arts and the humanities ; Number 3.

Symposia in the Arts and the Humanities ; Number 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122?-1204--Congresses.

Eleanor.

Queens--France--Biography--Congresses.

Queens.

Queens--Great Britain--Biography--Congresses.

France--History--Louis VII, 1137-1180--Congresses.

France.

Great Britain--History--Henry II, 1154-1189--Congresses.

Great Britain.

France--Intellectual life--To 1500--Congresses.

England--Intellectual life--1066-1485--Congresses.

England.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

University of Texas Press 2014

Austin, [Texas] : University of Texas Press, 1976.

Summary:

Eleanor of Aquitaine was the wife of two kings, Louis VII of France and Henry II Plantagenet of England, and the mother of two others, Richard the Lionhearted and John Lackland. In her eventful, often stormy life, she not only influenced the course of events in the twelfth century but also encouraged remarkable advances in the literary and fine arts. In this book, experts in five disciplines—history, art history, music, French and English literature—evaluate the influence of Eleanor and her court on history and the arts. Elizabeth A. R. Brown views Eleanor as having played a significant role as parent and politician, but not as patron. Rebecca A. Baltzer takes a new look at the music of the period that was written by and for Eleanor, her court, and her family. Moshé Lazar reexamines her relationship to the courtly-love literature of the period. Eleanor S. Greenhill and Larry M. Ayres reassess her influence in the realm of art history. Rossell Hope Robbins traces the lines extending from the French courtly literature of Eleanor's period down into fourteenth-century Chaucerian England. The essays reflect divergent but generally complementary assessments of this remarkable woman's influence on her own era and on future times as well. This volume is the result of a symposium held at the University of Texas in 1973.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

In Memoriam: Raphael Levy

Major Books by Professor Raphael Levy

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Parent, Queen, and Duchess

2. Cupid, the Lady, and the Poet: Modes of Love at Eleanor of Aquitaine’s Court

3. Music in the Life and Times of Eleanor of Aquitaine

4. Eleanor, Abbot Suger, and Saint-Denis

5. English Painting and the Continent during the Reign of Henry II and Eleanor

6. The Vintner’s Son: French Wine in English Bottles

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Rev. versions of papers presented at a symposium held at the University of Texas at Austin, Apr. 23-25, 1973.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781477300244

1477300244

9781477300237

1477300236

OCLC:

966910407