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The Families of Eleanor of Aquitaine

A Female Network of Power in the Middle Ages

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The Families of Eleanor of Aquitaine

Auteur(s): J.F. Andrews
Narrateur(s): Jennifer M. Dixon
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The lives of the sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine are the stuff of legend. Her daughters, however, are less well known, and the fascinating personalities of her daughters-in-law have been almost entirely overlooked, as have those of the daughters she bore Louis VII of France.

The Families of Eleanor of Aquitaine redresses this balance and showcases the lives, travels, and careers of these ten very different women, who formed a great international network of political alliances that linked their parents, siblings, husbands, and children all across Europe and the Holy Land.

Some of these women found happiness; others endured lives of turmoil and conflict. Some of them were close; others never met. But two things linked them all: their connection to Eleanor and to the kingdoms over which she reigned—and their determination to exert authority on their own terms in a male-dominated world.

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I found this on Audible and was pleased to add it to my TBR list because I read the author's name was a pseudonym for Catherine Hanley, whose works never cease to illuminate the Middle Ages wherever she chooses to shine her light. In this book, she pulls at the threads of the complex tapestry of Eleanor of Aquitaine's female family relationships. Eleanor's daughters by Louis VII, king of France, and Henry II, king of England, are both given time, as are her daughters-in-law. I found the book quite insightful into the role of royal women on the period.

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