Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady

By: Wheeler, Bonnie

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312295820
• ISBN13: 9780312295820
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"