Eleanor Roosevelt

The Unmatched 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…

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…

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…

The Benefits of a Powerful Queen Powerful means having or 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…

In the market, companies are always fighting to get new and more customers. These companies don’t sell the same products but there’s still a rivalry between them : who’s going to attract the most customers. That’s the case of these two companies : Apple and Activision, which both of them produce technology supplies to customers : electronic goods for the first company and for the second, video games. Both of these companies’s ad are videos, but they show different approaches of advertising.…

dreary Saturday morning in England for all but me. Today my friend Marie de France was asked to be a court writer for the 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…

At the edge of all light, standing on a cliff above darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing once of two things will happen: there will be something to stand on or you will be able to fly. The novel Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland illustrates one's spiritual identity at the end of all certainly, through the power of religion and storytelling. Coupland concentrates on the aftermath of what it means to survive, and to continue to believe at the edge of your faith. Hey Nostradamus! By Douglas…

Eleanor Farjeon is primarily known for her fantasy and children book writing. She was also a prolific poet and her poetry collection The Little Bookroom (1955) won her the Carnegie Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen medal (Poetry). Later she would go on to receive the American Regina Medal in 1959 (Poetry). Her work with children’s writing was so successful that the Children’s Book Circle in England would create the Farjeon Award which is awarded for outstanding work in children’s…

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…

Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt shared many of the same political ideas, although they came from different political parties. Both answered to the same Progressive calling, and used their time in office to expand both the power of the executive as well as the overall size of the Federal Government. It can be said that Teddy Roosevelt (TR) laid the groundwork for the advent of Progressive Politics, while FDR expanded these ideas. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR), admired his older cousin, and followed his…