HIST-1720 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Courtly Love, Philip Ii Of France, Ninth Crusade
23 Apr 2017
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England started to centralize because of vikings (under king alfred) already looked at. 2 powerful families that were intertwined in their family histories. -famous marriage between king louie and eleanor of aquitaine she is a prominent woman because: She joined her husband on crusade (reason for 2nd crusade because the local population took back the territories from the muslims. The crusaders still had jerusalem (muslims were hoping to get back) (cid:449)he(cid:374) they (cid:449)e(cid:374)t o(cid:374) the (cid:272)rusade, it (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t really su(cid:272)(cid:272)essful. Also (cid:374)ot good for their (cid:373)arriage (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:894)they (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a so(cid:374)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d the t(cid:449)o of the(cid:373) o(cid:374) the crusade decided they were going to end their marriage- he is much more religious than she is. Not really supposed to do in medieval christianity. Medieval christian rules did not allow for the divorce. Immediately finds a new husband (suspicious)- henry is the count of anjou (and she still has her territory, so louis is not very happy about this)
