Dominican University of California
Chivalry and Romantic Love in the Courts of Eleanor of Aquitane
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine (1122-1204), has long been recognized as an important political and cultural force in the Middle Ages. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate specifically how her patronage of troubadour poetry extolling women brought civilizing changes to France and England, and merged chivalry and romantic love. The poetry was influenced by a renewed enthusiasm for worship of the Virgin Mary and by the lyric quality of Hispano-Arabic poetry. Based on romance, it differed from epic poetry which was centered on adventures and deeds.</p> <p>Eleanor’s coveted inheritance of Aquitaine, now southwestern France, augmented the small kingdom of France when she married King Louis VII. Her subsequent marriage to King Henry II of England created the Angevin empire, extending from the Pyrenees to Scotland. As Queen, Eleanor was able to instill in the courts of both kingdoms of northern Europe the refinements of her native Aquitaine. For these specific contributions, she merits greater praise.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 2007
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Erckson, Katherine
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Leslie Ross, PhD
- Patricia Dougherty, OP, PhD
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/260
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1259