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Inventing Eleanor - The Medieval and Post-Medieval Image of Eleanor of Aquitaine (Paperback)
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Inventing Eleanor - The Medieval and Post-Medieval Image of Eleanor of Aquitaine (Paperback)
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Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204), queen of France and England and
mother of two kings, has often been described as one of the most
remarkable women of the Middle Ages. Yet her real achievements have
been embellished--and even obscured--by myths that have grown up
over eight centuries. This process began in her own lifetime, as
chroniclers reported rumours of her scandalous conduct on crusade,
and has continued ever since. She has been variously viewed as an
adulterous queen, a monstrous mother and a jealous murderess, but
also as a patron of literature, champion of courtly love and
proto-feminist defender of women's rights. Inventing Eleanor
interrogates the myths that have grown up around the figure of
Eleanor of Aquitaine and investigates how and why historians and
artists have invented an Eleanor who is very different from the
12th-century queen. The book first considers the medieval primary
sources and then proceeds to trace the post-medieval development of
the image of Eleanor, from demonic queen to feminist icon, in
historiography and the broader culture.
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