List of Plates.
Map of Plantagenet and French Dominions.
The Family of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1. Lineage.
2. Life.
3. Legend.
4. Literature.
5. Portrait of a Queen.
Chronology.
Abbreviations.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
D. D. R. Owen is the author of Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Legend, published by Wiley.
"Roy Owen's intimate knowledge of medieval literature and his
discrimination in using it enable him to look at Eleanor of
Aquitaine both through the legends that built up around her life
and through medieval epic and romance .... A stimulating and
challenging book that depicts Eleanor sympathetically as a credible
person." Marjorie Chibnall, Emeritus Fellow, Clare College,
Cambridge
"D. D. R. Owen, well-known for his translations from Cretien de
Troyes, has written a fine addition to the already substantial
shelf of Eleanor of Aquitaine biography. He has something brand new
and convincing to argue: that Eleanor's personality must have been
shaped by the literary milieu in which she grew up, and that
legends about her, in turn, shaped some of the literary traditions
that developed alongside and after her career. This biography is as
much about the literary response, medieval and modern, to the facts
of Eleanor's life as it is a record of the facts themselves."
Medium Aevum
"This is a fascinating and scholarly examination of how history and
romance have become interwoven in Eleanor of Aquitaine. Recommended
for academic and large public libraries." Library Journal
"Eleanor of Aquitaine is the stuff of which rather too much history
has been made. It is therefore a relief to read D. D. R. Owen's new
and well-judged assessment of this fascinating and enigmatic
figure. This biography succeeds where so many others have failed
precisely because of its honesty and its refusal to compromise with
the evidence." Historian
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