Eleanor Of Aquitaine And The Middle Ages

Even with all the different events going on in her life, Eleanor was still able to play an active role as the Duchess of Aquitaine. When her marriage to Henry began to fall apart, Eleanor kept busy by contributing to the rules of “courtly love.” She also spent most of her time finding powerful men to marry her daughters. Matilda married Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria ; Eleanor married Alfonso VIII, King of Sicily, and later married Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse. Eleanor also played an active role in the lives of her sons.

Eleanor was born in 1122 to Duke William X of Aquitaine. The holdings of her father were equal to those of the French royalty, making him one of the most

Life was not easy for women and children in the middle ages. We have abusive spouse and such in today’s time period, but in the Middle Ages abuse was even encouraged “as a way to keep women under control” (Lawler). The children had it worse. The children of the Middle Ages, were abused by men, women and even servants to make them behave. In the Middle Ages, the law did not intervene. If you were a woman of upper class then you were lucky! They typical did not go through the abuse that the lower-class women did. As long as a man didn’t kill his wife during the abuse, he wasn’t doing anything wrong according to the Canon law. (Lawler)

Eleanor of Aquitaine was a very powerful woman in the middle ages. The people of England and France considered her a very great women and queen. Through the years of 1122 until 1204 Eleanor’s life was crowded full of events. She helped many people including the sick and dying and influenced her daughter and sons to do the same. Starting at the age of fifteen years old Eleanor ruled over many people and was a very powerful woman. She had ten children in her lifetime and they all played a huge role in the events that happened in her life. Her children were all almost as powerful and helpful as she was and they all helped many people in the countries of France and England. Eleanor also had two husbands, one had many affairs while married to Eleanor and they got into many fights. Eleanor may have had bad marriages, but she knew how to control the men

Eleanor of Aquitaine was born in southern france in 1122 and was educated by her father William X, Duke of Aquitaine especially in literature, philosophy, and languages and trained to the toughest of court life when she became her father’s heir presumptive at the age 5. Elenor of Aquitaine led an active life until she inherited her father’s title and lands when she was 15, she became a duchess of Aquitaine and the most eligible single young woman in Europe. She was placed under the guardianship of the king of France, and within hours was married to to his son and heir, Louis. The king sent an escort of 500 men to carry the news to Eleanor and transport her to her new home. At the age of 19, she knelt in the cathedral of Vézelay before the celebrated Abbé Bernard of Clairvaux offering him thousands of her vassals for the Second Crusade. While the church have been glad to

Eleanor herself may have been one of the most effective encouragements for women of her time. In her lifetime she owned her own company, taught English literature, drama and American history, wrote for several magazines, spoke at political rallies and conventions, and eventually became a delegate to the United Nations. While her tireless work was invaluable, the manner in which she lived her life and the effect she had on all those around her, would light the way for generations of women to come.

The dowry she brought with her into marriage had to be returned intact if her husband repudiated her.” When Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII divorced, he did not have any authority to the duchy of Aquitaine and instead, the property remained in her possession. Eleanor used her land in order to justify her power and secure her validation in the Crusade.

Elenor of Aquitaine was the wealthiest and most powerful women of the 12 century. She started as the Duchess of Aquitaine, in her own right, to becoming the queen of England and France. In 1122 she was born in Aquitaine, she had a mother and a brother who both died in 1130. Her father, William X was the duke of Aquitaine. He educated her extremely well, she was talented in literature, philosophy, theology, language, diplomacy and was skilled in, what was known as ‘masculine traits’, such as horse riding and hunting. Apart from her beauty and education she was an extremely eligible bachelorette of the time, solely because of the amount of land she owned. This made her a target to people who would kidnap her, and exchange her for money and land.

In May 1152, Eleanor subsequently married the future Henry II of England (r. 1154-1189), whose possessions in France and powerful ambition became a source of rivalry and conflict for Louis. His contemporaries, including Odo de Deuil, Stephen of Paris, John of Salisbury, and Walter Map praised Louis VII for his piety and his favorable disposition toward the church. He undertook pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela (1154-55), the Grande Chartreuse (1162-63), and to Canterbury (1179). Because of a disputed papal election, Alexander III sought refuge in France in 1162, where he received Louis’s welcome. Louis’s protection of Thomas Becket, who had fled to France in 1164 to escape the wrath of Henry II, received widespread approval. Louis asserted his rights over the French church, especially regarding episcopal elections in his realm and control over royal churches. To provide continual support for his royal policies, elections to royal bishoprics often went to members of the king’s own household or to families loyal to Capetian interests. As a benefactor to the Templars, Louis gave them the land for their commandery at Savigny, along with sizable rents and privileges. He also made generous grants to smaller monastic

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was not always the person that everyone knows her as. She had to go through a lot to get to the places in American society that she did. Eleanor was an extremely influential lady of her time. People adored her once she obtained the position of respect she desired to make the changes in society that she wished would change. Eleanor Roosevelt played many important roles in American society, including speaking out for human rights and women’s issues, standing against racial discrimination, and visiting U.S. troops during World War 2.

She had a good ruling system and she was fair but not to easy on her townspeople. Eleanor was a legend and she should never be forgotten. Eleanor encouraged chivalry under the rule of The Court of Love. It helped people learn by songs and literature. Eleanor ruled during the 12th Century.

She marries Franklin and immediately realized intimacy was absent when Franklin spent time with another woman on their honeymoon. The role of a politician's wife left her empty because Franklin did not have time for Eleanor. He did not give her the love she needed. The role she took as the First Lady kept her so busy she didn't have time to contemplate on her own problems. And last Franklin's death left her in despair. Although the two where not close. Eleanor shared many years with him and felt as a part of her was missing. I think Eleanor lived a life full of activity and helping others to receive satisfaction and to avoid her personal problems.

They talked about divorce, but even though they decided against it, their relationship would never be the same. While Eleanor was distraught after finding out about FDR’s love affair, it is believed that she had a secret love affair of her own. Lorena Hickok, a journalist that abandoned her career to live in the White House, is believed to be a love interest of Eleanor’s for many years (Black). While Eleanor was born into a wealthy family, she would not follow tradition woman’s roles.

Marie de France lived in a time when social graces were paramount to a good reputation, lordships and to securing good marriages. A woman was considered less valuable if she lost her virginity; a wife was subjected to her feudal lord, father, brother or son after her husband’s death. According to Angela Sandison’s article “The Role of Women in the Middle Ages”, this was because in the Middle Ages the Church and the aristocracy controlled public opinion and the legal system. These authorities of the times believed a woman’s place was in a submissive role to a man. In The Lay of the Nightingale, we will see how this social and religious hierarchy will impact the behaviors of the three people involved.

Women withstood a multitude of limitations in the medieval era. Due to the political, social, and religious restrictions women encountered, historians neglected to realize that they demonstrated agency. The female experience is something that has been overlooked until recently. Unfortunately, without the knowledge of how women found ways to exert their power, we are experiencing a deficit of knowledge in this period. Through the close examination of the primary sources: The Gospel of Mary, Dhouda’s Liber Manualis, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the creative means of female force are displayed.