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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... father's charming manner , the resemblance between father and son ended there . One chronicler contended that the boy , provoked beyond en- durance by the injury that his father's liaison had done to his mother , revolted in a seven ...
... father's charming manner , the resemblance between father and son ended there . One chronicler contended that the boy , provoked beyond en- durance by the injury that his father's liaison had done to his mother , revolted in a seven ...
Page 284
... father's love , he agreed to re- turn to England with the king . Ralph of Diceto described the remark- able amity between father and son at this period by saying that " every day at the stated hour for meals they ate at the same table ...
... father's love , he agreed to re- turn to England with the king . Ralph of Diceto described the remark- able amity between father and son at this period by saying that " every day at the stated hour for meals they ate at the same table ...
Page 287
... father , but as a gift from his mother . Not only had he been crowned duke with Eleanor's consent , but three years earlier , she had succumbed to Henry's pressure and ceded him the duchy ; furthermore , he had already done homage for ...
... father , but as a gift from his mother . Not only had he been crowned duke with Eleanor's consent , but three years earlier , she had succumbed to Henry's pressure and ceded him the duchy ; furthermore , he had already done homage for ...
Contents
The Devil and the Monk | 33 |
Behind the Red Cross | 59 |
To Jerusalem | 81 |
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