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Inventing Eleanor : the medieval and post-medieval image of Eleanor of Aquitaine / Michael R. Evans

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Evans, Michael R., 1967-
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London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
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Contents
Introduction: Eleanorian exceptionalism -- Creating the black legend: the origins of Eleanor's scandalous reputation -- Eleanor in historiography -- Eleanor and Aquitaine (and Languedoc, and Provence?): the southernness of Eleanor -- "A canker'd grandam": Eleanor on the stage before 1900 -- A lioness in winter: Eleanor on stage and screen in the twentieth century -- Eleanor in fiction -- Eleanor in the visual arts -- Conclusion: Eleanor in the twenty-first century.
Summary
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204), queen of France and England and mother of two kings, has often been described as one of the most remarkable women of the Middle Ages. Yet her real achievements have been embellished--and even obscured--by myths that have grown up over eight centuries. This process began in her own lifetime, as chroniclers reported rumours of her scandalous conduct on crusade, and has continued ever since. She has been variously viewed as an adulterous queen, a monstrous mother and a jealous murderess, but also as a patron of literature, champion of courtly love and proto-femin.
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9781441141354 (electronic bk.)
1441141359 (electronic bk.)
9781474210768
1474210767
9781441169006
1441169008
1441141359
9781441146038
1441146032
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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