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    Introduction The focus of this report will be Eleanor of Aquitaine and the legacy on Medieval Europe. The sign legacy that Eleanor left in the Second Crusade. Eleanor of Aquitaine The court of William IX, the Grandfather of Eleanor of Aquitaine was where Eleanor grew up. Young Eleanor was constantly surrounded by poetry, music, and most notably, courtly love. Eleanor of Aquitaine also knew how to ride a horse proficiently, could speak Latin, learned history, arithmetic and she knew how to hunt. All of this made a headstrong, lively, confident and intelligent girl who was born to rule.(white, F All about history,No35, p29 ). Upon the death of her father in 1137 Eleanor inherited the throne of Aquitaine (Figure 1). It became the King of…

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    Eleanor of Aquitaine was born into one of the wealthiest, most educated, and highly affluent families in Europe during the Mid-Middle Ages. She grew up in Southern France at the Court of Poitiers, which was made famous through Eleanor’s grandfather, William IX of Aquitaine, who is often referred to throughout history as “The Troubadour”, due to the fact that he is known as the founding troubadour. As a young teenager Eleanor inherited the court after the death of her father, making her the…

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    Queen of Many Talents Eleanor of Aquitaine appeared to live life disregarding any normality expected of her; she reaped a reputation of being rebellious and unconventional from an early age, surely, that did not change once she was older. She was one of the most desired heirs in Europe grounded upon the land her family possessed; positioning her to become the most powerful woman during the middle Ages. One of the greatest abilities Eleanor developed was to subdue the people around her, in doing…

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    exerting great power or force. Eleanor lost her parents at a young age. She inherited the enormous territory of the Aquitaine. She married and was crowned Queen of France at the age of fifteen. She remarried and became the Queen of England at age thirty-two. She sat in prison for sixteen years. Eleanor of Aquitaine showed great power and so many people benefitted from that. Benefits of a powerful queen can have a wide variety. One of the major themes would have to be when a man had a powerful…

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    Richard I was born on September 8, 1157 to Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Even though Richard was born in Oxford and had an English king for a father, he saw France as his true home. He was the third of four legitimate sons sired by King Henry, and was much closer to his mother. It was well known that Richard had no chance of inheriting the crown. His older brother, Henry the Young King, was declared his father’s successor in 1156, a year before Richard was even born. In any case, Richard…

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    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…

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    court of Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and she chose me as her lady in waiting. We were walking in the marketplace when we got this news, and Marie was ecstatic. No one knew why they chose Marie, some say that Eleanor wanted to have someone in the court who had a french background besides herself. Others say that Henry and Marie were having an affair, but who would believe that. Sunday was our first official day as members of the court ,and we did not want to be late. “…

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    Shakespeare, like Milne, wrote stories and could pick what he wanted from the truth. What Shakespeare portrayed him as isn't necessarily true but may be based on the truth. He may have exaggerated the truth into the play, as he had done that with previous works. This could be proved by reading the text carefully, it says he made him seem a ‘weak’ man. If he was weak, he wouldn't have been unfair to people (according to other sources). This means that parts of Shakespeare's play is definitely…

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    As John Gillingham states, “no other king of England ever caught the imagination of his age as did Richard Coeur de Lion. Troubadour, knight-adventurer, war-lord, Crusader-king, he was all of these things.”1 Undoubtedly, Richard's military skills were exceptional, as his numerous military successes as a knight and captain prove it. However, even as a knight, Richard was far from irreproachable. As John Gillingham says himself, Richard “was a warrior who lived all his life at the centre of the…

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    stories. Most would be surprised to learn that the themes that we associate with King Arthur today are not from English culture, but in fact French culture. Eleanor of Aquitaine brought French influences to English court and more specifically the Arthurian Legend, that transformed it into the epic story of romance and spirituality we know today as evident throughout the stories of Guenevere and Lancelot, Tristan, and the Holy Grail. Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the main driving forces in…

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