Summary of Alison Weir's Eleanor Of Aquitaine

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Feudal Europe was a military society dominated by men. Christianity governed the lives of everyone in feudal Europe, and the Pope’s decrees were ultimate authority for all spiritual and moral matters. Women had little place in this society. #2 Eleanor of Aquitaine was heiress to one of the richest domains in mediaeval Europe. In the twelfth century, the county of Poitou and the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony