Eleanor of Aquitaine: Student-Teacher Edition
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Aliénor was the most sought after bride in all of Christendom – and not simply because she was beautiful. The eldest daughter of Duke William X of Aquitaine, she inherited his vast duchy at the age of just 15 and was crowned queen of the Franks that same year.
But love was not to be for the beautiful duchess, despite two marriages and giving birth to a total of ten children. Troubadours sang her praises and composed the first romantic love songs. Tales of King Arthur and his round table were first told in her honor. She transformed two emerging empires and made Aquitaine the most faithful continental ally to England. She was a legend in her time and ours. This is her remarkable true story.
Student-Teacher edition features study questions after every chapter.
Laurel A. Rockefeller
Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska USA Laurel A. Rockefeller’s passion for animals comes through in everything she writes. First self-published in 2012 as social science fiction author (the Peers of Beinan series), Laurel has expanded her work into the animal care/guide, history, historical fiction, and biography genres.Find Laurel’s books in digital, paperback, and hardcover in your choice of up to ten languages, including Welsh, Chinese, and Dutch. Audio editions are published in all four available languages for audible: English, French, Spanish, and German.Besides advocating for animals and related environmental causes, Laurel A. Rockefeller is a passionate educator dedicated to improving history literacy worldwide, especially as it relates to women’s accomplishments. In her spare time, Laurel enjoys spending time with her cockatiels, travelling to historic places, and watching classic motion pictures and classic television series.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine - Laurel A. Rockefeller
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Student-Teacher Edition
By Laurel A. Rockefeller
Cover art derived from the Codex Manasse, 1304
©2022 by Laurel A. Rockefeller
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This book is a work of narrative history based on events in the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine (Aliénor d'Aquitaine) and constructed using primary and secondary historical sources, commentary, and research.
In this student/teacher edition, study guide questions immediately follow each chapter. In most cases, there are no right or wrong answers. Instead, the purpose is to provoke critical thinking while practicing reading and improving reading comprehension skills.
Consulted sources appear at the end of this book. Interpretation of source material is at the author’s discretion and utilized within the scope of the author’s imagination, including names, events, and historical details.
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Table of Contents
Eleanor, Fairest Eleanor
Chapter One: Duchess of Aquitaine
Study questions
Chapter Two: From Duchess to Queen
Study questions
Chapter Three: The Plantagenets
Study questions
Medieval Time
König Verses Kaiser
Timeline
Bibliography
Eleanor, Fairest Eleanor
Tell me tales of romance and chivalry!
Beautiful ladies in elegant castles
Wooed by knights filled with courtesy and poetry!
Robin Hood fighting for justice!
For her, the troubadours did first sing!
Eleanor, fairest Eleanor!
Forever shall we sing of thee!
Tell me about the real Eleanor!
The daughter who inherited her father’s wealth and lands
More than enough to make her queen of France.
Falconer. Dancer, Singer
Crusader. Lover. Queen. Mother
Ah Eleanor, we do love thee!
More than Matilda’s daughter-in-law.
More than Henry II’s estranged wife
More than mother to kings of England
Eleanor, fairest Eleanor!
Forever shall we sing of thee!
Chapter One: Duchess of Aquitaine
Sunrise broke gaily over the fields, rivers, and ponds in and around Bordeaux, Aquitaine. As servants prepared her favourite mare for riding, Eleanor listened to the many melodies of bird song around her. Pigeons and doves cooed. Song birds greeted the day with complicated tunes taught to them across the infinite ages of ancestors. Cockerels crowed to their hens to get up and start foraging for food. In the distance seabirds cried, bouncing on the winds while they hunted for fish and shellfish. While humans tried to keep to their beds, Mother Nature was feeling loud and boisterous.
Are you sure you want to carry her yourself?
asked the Archbishop’s falconer as Eleanor mounted her horse expertly.
Eleanor offered her gauntleted arm to the falconer and the beautiful peregrine he held, I’ll be fine. I hunt regularly with peregrines. This one is my favourite. Belle is her name.
The falconer handed Belle to Eleanor, She’s lovely and very well behaved. Do you want me to bring out the dogs to help flush the ducks?
By all means, yes. Belle knows her job. But if you have dogs to help her, that would be most appreciated.
Eleanor, Belle, the falconer, and three of the archbishop’s favourite dogs rode out to the pond where the archbishop preferred to hunt. Spotting several ducks and drakes on the pond casually enjoying their breakfast, the falconer signalled to Eleanor that he was ready to flush the game as soon as she was ready. Quietly Eleanor loosened the hood from Belle’s head with her teeth before grabbing the top and removing it entirely. Belle shook out her feathers, stretched her wings, and wagged her tail, re-orienting herself to her new location. In a matter of seconds she was ready, scanning the terrain around her for prey. Eleanor nodded at the falconer to begin.
In the blink of an eye the dogs rushed at the ducks, splashing the water noisily. Belle burst off Eleanor’s wrist with even faster speed, wringing to great height before choosing her prey. With eyes expertly tracking her prey’s flight, Belle stooped, accelerating to over 100 miles per hour before her powerful talons struck the duck with a force that killed it instantly. Binding her talons deep into the flesh, she quickly brought her kill down to the ground. The archbishop’s dogs quickly found her and pointed to where Belle was.
Eleanor pulled a sizable meal from a previous day’s kill from her pouch and offered it to Belle. Belle released her fresh kill in favour of eating from Eleanor’s gauntlet. Quietly the falconer picked up the fresh kill and hid it while Belle enjoyed her reward.
That’s a huge meal you are letting her have right now,
observed the falconer. She won’t want to take down another bird if you let her have so much at once.
I don’t need another kill this morning,
explained Eleanor as she watched Belle eat her breakfast. Besides, she hasn’t hunted since we left Poitiers and been forced to eat the mice we brought along for her. She deserves an extra-large meal this morning. This is our first opportunity to hunt since we arrived.
I noticed Alix decided not to join us.
Alix does not like outdoor pursuits. Then again, she has no responsibilities to the duchy as I do,
remarked Eleanor. "I take much more after my father. I love falconry, hunting, and riding in addition to the more indoor and womanly pursuits taught to noble women like dancing, spinning, weaving, and needlework. My father