Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady

B. Wheeler, Kenneth A. Loparo

Palgrave Macmillan US, Aug 21, 2008 - History - 506 pages

Eleanor's patrilineal descent, from a lineage already prestigious enough to have produced an empress in the eleventh century, gave her the lordship of Aquitaine. But marriage re-emphasized her sex which, in the medieval scheme of gender-power relations relegated her to the position of Lady in relation to her Lordly husbands. In this collection, essays provide a context for Eleanor's life and further an evolving understanding of Eleanor's multifaceted career. A valuable collection on the greatest heiress of the medieval period.

About the author

Bonnie Wheeler teaches at Southern Methodist University, USA where she directs the Medieval Studies Program. She has edited and co-edited fourteen books, among them Listening to Heloise and Heloise and the Paraclete (forthcoming). She was founding editor of the journal Arthuriana and is series editor for two Palgrave Macmillan book series, The New Middle Ages and Arthurian and Courtly Cultures.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady; The New Middle Ages
• Editors: B. Wheeler, Kenneth A. Loparo
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2008
• ISBN: 0230602363, 9780230602366
• Length: 506 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / General; History / Europe / General; History / Europe / Medieval; History / General; History / Modern / General; Literary Criticism / General; Social Science / Gender Studies