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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... schools , and there , from a front - row seat under a pear tree , she surely could have imbibed the rudiments of dialectic and the structure of the syllogism . Indeed , in later years , she would give am- ple demonstration that she had ...
... schools , and there , from a front - row seat under a pear tree , she surely could have imbibed the rudiments of dialectic and the structure of the syllogism . Indeed , in later years , she would give am- ple demonstration that she had ...
Page 159
... schools , churches , and con- vents ; philosophy and poetry were not unknown there , and the Loire valley produced an exquisite vin rosé . In short , it offered possibilities for Eleanor who , instead of relaxing and slipping into a ...
... schools , churches , and con- vents ; philosophy and poetry were not unknown there , and the Loire valley produced an exquisite vin rosé . In short , it offered possibilities for Eleanor who , instead of relaxing and slipping into a ...
Page 380
... School of Economics and Political Science , 1899 . Richard , Alfred . Histoire des comtes de Poitou , 778-1204 . 2 vols . Paris : A. Picard & Fils , 1903 . Richard of Devizes . Chronicle . In Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen , Henry ...
... School of Economics and Political Science , 1899 . Richard , Alfred . Histoire des comtes de Poitou , 778-1204 . 2 vols . Paris : A. Picard & Fils , 1903 . Richard of Devizes . Chronicle . In Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen , Henry ...
Contents
The Devil and the Monk | 33 |
Behind the Red Cross | 59 |
To Jerusalem | 81 |
Copyright | |
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