Eleanor, the Queen: Defending Monks and Clergy in Medieval England
The lovely Eleanor of Aquitaine is truly a captivating queen because she defied the conventions of her time at every turn, showed an incredible amount of strength, and fought hard for those who sought out her help. She was the wife of not one, but two kings! Eleanor married King Louis VII of France first in 1137 AD and then later went on to have a tumultuous marriage to King Henry II of England. It’s quite important to understand that Eleanor was more than just a queen. The woman was a duchess in her own right, who found herself in…
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