Eleanor's patrilineal descent, from a lineage already prestigious enough to have produced an empress in the eleventh century, gave her the lordship of Aquitaine. But marriage re-emphasized her sex which, in the medieval scheme of gender-power relations relegated her to the position of Lady in relation to her Lordly husbands. In this collection, essays provide a context for Eleanor's life and further an evolving understanding of Eleanor's multifaceted career. A valuable collection on the greatest heiress of the medieval period.
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Introduction; J. Carmi Parsons & B. Wheeler Eleanor of Aquitaine Reconsidered: The Woman and her Seasons; E. A. R. Brown Queen Eleanor and Aquitaine, 1137-1189; M. Hivergneaux Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Reigns of her Sons Richard and John; R. V. Turner Wife, Widow and Mother: Some Comparisons between Eleanor of Aquitaine and Noblewomen of the Anglo-Norman and Angevin World; R. C. DeAragon Alianora Regina Anglorum: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Predecessors as Queens of England; L. L. Huneycutt Queenship: Office, Custom or Ad Hoc? The Case of Queen Matilda of England (1135-1152); H. J. Tanner The Birth and Childhood of King John: Some Revisions; A. W. Lewis A Taste of the Feast: Re-considering Eleanor of Aquitaine's Female Descendants; C. Hoffman Berman & M. Shadis The Canon Law of Divorce from Louis VII: The Uses of Consanguinity; C. Brittain Bouchard The Reciprocal Loyalty of Eleanor of Aquitaine and William Marshal; E. Mullally Scandalizing Desire: Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Chroniclers; P. McCrackenDamned if She Didn't and Damned When She Did: Bodies, Babies and Bastards in the Lives of Two Queens of France; J. Carmi Parsons Tempering Scandal: Eleanor of Aquitaine and Benoit de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie; T. F. O'Callaghan What Ever Happened to Eleanor? Reflections of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Wace's Roman de Brut and Lawman's Brut; F. Tolhurst Marie de France, Alienor d'Aquitaine, and the Alien Queen; M. A. Pappano The Eleanor of Aquitaine Vase; G. T. Beech The Queen's Choice: Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Tombs at Fontevraud; K. Nolan Fontevraud, Dynasticism, and Eleanor of Aquitaine; C. T. Wood Epilogue: Eleanor of Aquitaine and a 'queenly court'? ; J. Martindale
