tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post8403938188000572227..comments2024-02-18T20:30:02.769-08:00Comments on Historically Obsessed : Author Christy English on Eleanor of Aquitaine and The Court of LoveLizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-19102211296531458692011-04-07T13:18:31.872-07:002011-04-07T13:18:31.872-07:00Michelle, it is indeed a interesting concept but I...Michelle, it is indeed a interesting concept but I think Eleanor used it the best to her advantage. It worked to control the nobles and the rest of her court into "loving her from a distance". Eleanor is such an amazing woman she always sparks interest.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-76284539377646211802011-04-06T02:49:28.447-07:002011-04-06T02:49:28.447-07:00Interesting post. We studied courtly love in one ...Interesting post. We studied courtly love in one of my literature classes in college and I have always thought of it as an intriguing concept. I'm not surprised that Eleanor would have used such methods. She was very shrewd and knew what worked to her advantage.Michelle Stockard Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572227726980569386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-12611040486935028002011-04-05T19:13:05.459-07:002011-04-05T19:13:05.459-07:00Christy, it is all good I had no idea way over my ...Christy, it is all good I had no idea way over my head I guess. I did however catch a while ago on research Eleanor online once what had happened with the daughters she had with Louis. I did not know though that Alix continued the court of love. Thank you for sharing Christy, Eleanor is so much fun to read about.<br /><br />Auron, very very beautiful I LOVE it. Thank you for sharing.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-90325894150705034752011-04-05T08:46:59.683-07:002011-04-05T08:46:59.683-07:00Just like today, many would-be lovers from the mid...Just like today, many would-be lovers from the middle-ages had to put up with rejection from the “the object of his great desire”, as this peopm about unrequited love shows…<br /><br />“I was living pleasantly, serenely and peacefully <br />the day that Love entered my heart, <br />for I neither loved nor was loved, <br />nor did I feel any ill or injury from love. <br />Now I do not know what love is or what it is all about, <br />for I am in love with a lady who does not love me at all, <br />and yet, all that I possess I have from her <br />and I would have the whole world from her if it were mine. <br /><br />II. I have my feelings from her in place of other riches, <br />and my songs in place of knightly valour, <br />and if I were a king, a duke or an emir <br />I would accomplish splendid deeds of prowess for love of her, <br />but lacking the power that befits them, <br />for serving her I have my noble faith, <br />and when she has clearly recognized it, <br />she ought to accept noble faith in place of other riches”.<br /><br />Full poem: http://www.primarysourcebook.com/medieval/unrequited-love-in-the-middle-ages-a-thirteenth-century-poem-from-the-heartArticles on Historyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025573310181657808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-16756939103209538642011-04-04T07:33:38.723-07:002011-04-04T07:33:38.723-07:00Thank you Lizzy for trying to fix my mistake...no ...Thank you Lizzy for trying to fix my mistake...no worries...:) I am just glad someone caught it.<br /> <br />LibraryPat what a great question. Eleanor had to leave both her young daughters, Marie and Alix, behind. Though we don't know if Alix continued the court of love, we do know that Marie did. Marie is often now known as Marie de France, who patronized the famous troubadours, Chretien de Troyes and Andreas Cappellanus.ChristyEnglishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621188801635359333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-37115159941943820012011-04-03T23:27:36.245-07:002011-04-03T23:27:36.245-07:00Interesting. I had not heard courtly love describ...Interesting. I had not heard courtly love describes this way before. I can see how Eleanor would have used it to her advantage. <br />Not yet having had the opportunity to visit a castle, I am amazed at the massive size of the rooms like the Great Hall.<br />You mention that her daughters with Louis VII of France continued her Courtly Love tradition. When she left Louis, what happened to them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-43744198232379397722011-04-03T13:45:05.597-07:002011-04-03T13:45:05.597-07:00I tried to fix it but my brain went blah and I cou...I tried to fix it but my brain went blah and I could not figure it out.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-5833059686389678222011-04-03T13:36:39.922-07:002011-04-03T13:36:39.922-07:00Stephanie, she is one of the bad girls but one tha...Stephanie, she is one of the bad girls but one that you have to love because all is what she did that was bad was not listen to men LOL. If you get a chance check Christy out I promise you will not regret it. <br /><br />Patty, lucky dog I have never been there ahhh *sigh* someday!!<br /><br />Christy, thank you for the cool post it is a please to have you back to historically obsessed. Hummm let me see if I can fix that real quick, I read the her linage and what a name Danderousa.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-27348635409059159452011-04-03T08:07:38.816-07:002011-04-03T08:07:38.816-07:00Thank you Stephanie! I hope you enjoy them both......Thank you Stephanie! I hope you enjoy them both...:) Pricilla, I would love to see these places too...<br />I just want to make a correction...Duke William and his brother Raymond were sons of William IX and his second wife, Philippa. Eleanor was Dangerousa's granddaughter through her mother, Aenor. Complicated enough for you? Thank you to the brilliant Elizabeth Chadwick for catching this mistake.ChristyEnglishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621188801635359333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-27759194792596412992011-04-02T09:45:33.442-07:002011-04-02T09:45:33.442-07:00I would so love to visit France again and see thes...I would so love to visit France again and see these places with a new perspective.brokenteepeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907414560986208401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-16729334982810885802011-04-02T09:34:45.277-07:002011-04-02T09:34:45.277-07:00Wonderful post! This isn't a period of time th...Wonderful post! This isn't a period of time that I know much about, but Eleanor is one of history's famous bad girls, so I'm keen to read all your books about her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729283374222314144noreply@blogger.com