Eleanor of Aquitaine: A BiographyHawthorn Books, 1977 - 389 pages Biography of the wife of King Henry II of England and mother of Richard I, the Lionheart, and John. |
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Page 136
... Plantagenet had be- come a person to be reckoned with . Suddenly the king was faced with the startling and dismaying prospect of Normandy , Anjou , and England being united under one ruler , for after 1149 nobody in England cared what ...
... Plantagenet had be- come a person to be reckoned with . Suddenly the king was faced with the startling and dismaying prospect of Normandy , Anjou , and England being united under one ruler , for after 1149 nobody in England cared what ...
Page 196
... Plantagenet circumference , even though his claim to Brittany rested on the shakiest of foundations . During his honeymoon with the Franks that fall , he persuaded Louis to recognize him as overlord of Brittany , and he then took an ...
... Plantagenet circumference , even though his claim to Brittany rested on the shakiest of foundations . During his honeymoon with the Franks that fall , he persuaded Louis to recognize him as overlord of Brittany , and he then took an ...
Page 388
... Plantagenet , Geoffrey , see Geoffrey of Anjou ; see Geoffrey Plantagenet , son of Henry II Plantagenet , Henry , see Henry II , King of England Plantagenet , John , see John , King of England Plantagenet , Richard , see Richard I ...
... Plantagenet , Geoffrey , see Geoffrey of Anjou ; see Geoffrey Plantagenet , son of Henry II Plantagenet , Henry , see Henry II , King of England Plantagenet , John , see John , King of England Plantagenet , Richard , see Richard I ...
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The Devil and the Monk | 33 |
Behind the Red Cross | 59 |
To Jerusalem | 81 |
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