ELEANOR of Aquitaine.(wife of Henry II of England)

Calliope | April 1, 2000| | Copyright

Women had few rights in the Middle Ages. They were expected to obey their fathers and, after they married, their husbands. Even wealthy noblewomen had little control over their own destinies. They were treated like pawns on a marital chessboard, to be handed--together with their estates--from father to groom. One noblewoman who started out as a pawn but managed to become one of the most powerful persons of her day was Eleanor of Aquitaine, King John's mother.

In 1137, when Eleanor was fifteen, her father, the Duke of Aquitaine, died. With an inheritance that included ...

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