Lindy Grant

'Eleanor of Aquitaine'

Bog | Engelsk

Eleanor of Aquitaine (11241204), the legendary queen of France and later England, has captivated historians for centuries. Heiress to the duchy of Aquitaine, wife to King Henry II and mother to Richard the Lionheart and King John, her life was marked by p

'Blanche of Castile, Queen of France'

Bog | Engelsk

This is the first modern scholarly biography of Blanche of Castile, whose identity has until now been subsumed in that of her son, the saintly Louis IX. A central figure in the politics of medieval Europe, Blanche was a sophisticated patron of religion an