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Eleanor of Aquitaine

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This page has been created to support Year 8 HASS students with their inquiry task on Medieval Heroes and Villains.

Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine?

“Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1122-1204) was queen of France from 1137 to 1152 and queen of England from 1154 to 1204. Her second marriage, which brought southwestern France to the English king, affected the relations of France and England for almost 300 years.”

Eleanor of Aquitaine. (2004). Encyclopedia of World Biography. Retrieved from http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404701978.html

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

Print Resources

Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about Eleanor of Aquitaine. You can locate these using the shelf Call No indicated. You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue using your keywords.

920.72 HAZ
Hazell, R. (1996). Heroines: great women through the ages. Abbeville Press.

941.03 ELE
Hilliam, D. (2005). Eleanor of Aquitaine: the richest queen in medieval Europe. Rosen.

941.03 ELE
Rice, E. (2010). The life and times of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Mitchell Lane.

305.409 GOL
Gold, C. (2008). Queen, empress, concubine: fifty women rulers from the Queen of Sheba to Catherine the Great. Quercus.

305.409 ONE
Kuiper, K. (Ed.). (2010). The 100 most influential women of all time. Britannica Educational.

305.409 HER
Heroines: remarkable and inspiring women: an illustrated anthology of essays by women writers.(1995). Saraband.

eBooks

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Kramer, A. (2006). Eleanor of Aquitaine: the queen who rode off to battle. AccessIt database.

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Koestler-Grack, R. A. (2014). Eleanor of Aquitaine. Infobase database.

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Leon, V. (1998). Outrageous women of the middle ages. AccessIt database.

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Prestwich, M. (2014). Medieval people. Thames & Hudson.

eResources

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The High level of Britannica has the most information

Other eResources:

White, F. (2016). Eleanor of Aquitaine: crusader queen. All about history, (35), pp. 28-35.

Websites

Search the catalogue for appropriate websites or use the websites listed below. If you search the Internet on your own, you will need to evaluate the websites using the CRAAP method.

Eleanor of Aquitaine. (n.d.). English Heritage. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/eleanor-aquitaine/

Eleanor of Aquitaine. (n.d.). http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/eleanorofaquitaine.htm

Eleanor of Aquitaine. (2009). http://www.history.com/topics/british-history/eleanor-of-aquitaine

Reese, L. (1996). Eleanor of Aquitaine. http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine2.html

Simkin, J. (2016). Eleanor of Aquitaine. http://spartacus-educational.com/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine.htm

Eleanor of Aquitaine. (n.d.). https://ehistory.osu.edu/biographies/eleanor-aquitaine

Sausmikat, R. (2016). Well-behaved women rarely make history: Eleanor of Aquitaine’s political career and its significance to noblewomen. Vexillum, (5). http://www.vexillumjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Sausmikat-Well-Behaved-Women-Rarely-Make-History.pdf

Videos

Eleanor of Aquitaine. (n.d.). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv73qUM2ZAQ

Swingler, L. (Producer / Director). (2015). Matilda and Eleanor [Video]. ClickView database.

References

Eleanor of Aquitaine [Image]. (n.d.). http://www.history.com/topics/british-history/eleanor-of-aquitaine