Eleanor Of Aquitaine Essay

Medieval Manuscript Rough Draft: Life and Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Grandmother of Europe Once known as queen of England and France, Eleanor of Aquitaine sadly passed away. She was in retirement in Fontevrault, Anjou when she was discovered possibly lapsed out in a coma on April 1, 2016. But the importance was not stationed at her death but her early life, accomplishments, and her long lasting legacy. Eleanor’s early life had built the foundation and support for her success as a ruler, including her birth, education and capabilities. Eleanor’s birth was the obvious pinpoint of her life; where she was born and to whom played an important essential for as the History Channel states, “Eleanor was born in what is now southern France, most likely in the year 1122. She was well educated by her cultured father, William X, Duke of Aquitaine.” With this being part of her life she was able to …show more content…
Eleanor had become the Grandmother of Europe as many of her children ruled places of Europe. Soon technically most of Europe was in Eleanor’s hands including France and England. In addition Eleanor had created the known legend “The Court of Love”, as History Channel describes, “Eleanor’s time as mistress of her own lands in Poitiers (1168-1173) established the legend of the Court of Love, where she is reputed to have encouraged a culture of chivalry among her courtiers that had far-reaching influence on literature, poetry, music and folklore.” “The Court of Love” was a poetic story of a court symbolizing love and rituals. Eleanor also had altered styles of architecture by creating the built in fireplace. Records say that she had created the new fireplace as she renovated her castle in France. Eleanor has so many accomplishments that is hard to write down them all from the greatest to even the ones that are quite