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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... peasants would drink joyously until their lips were stained carmine . Along the seaboard , the harbor towns of Bordeaux and La Rochelle did a thriving export business with the wine as well as salt , and in Bayonne fishing boats ventured ...
... peasants would drink joyously until their lips were stained carmine . Along the seaboard , the harbor towns of Bordeaux and La Rochelle did a thriving export business with the wine as well as salt , and in Bayonne fishing boats ventured ...
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... peasants and burghers was not always cordial . To the indignation of more than one town , the king had financed this ex- pedition by a special levy , and the poor grumbled over the additional and , in their opinion , oppressive , tax so ...
... peasants and burghers was not always cordial . To the indignation of more than one town , the king had financed this ex- pedition by a special levy , and the poor grumbled over the additional and , in their opinion , oppressive , tax so ...
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... peasantry to be chief minister of kings , head of the royal abbey of Saint - Denis , and notable author . While ... peasant would have little in common with the great figures of the aristocracy , but Suger , no or- dinary priest , was ...
... peasantry to be chief minister of kings , head of the royal abbey of Saint - Denis , and notable author . While ... peasant would have little in common with the great figures of the aristocracy , but Suger , no or- dinary priest , was ...
Contents
The Devil and the Monk | 33 |
Behind the Red Cross | 59 |
To Jerusalem | 81 |
Copyright | |
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