Author:
Turner, Ralph V.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxviii, 395 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, geneal. tables : 24 cm.
Note:Growing up in the ducal court of Aquitaine, 1124-1137 -- Bride to a king, queen of the French, 1137-1145 -- Adventures and misadventures on the second crusade, 1145-1149 -- A husband lost, a husband gained, 1994-1154 -- Once more a queen and mother: England, 1154-1168 -- A queen's work: regent for an absentee king, 1155-1168 -- A taste of power in Poitou, 1168-1173 -- A queen's discontent and her sons' thwarted ambitions, 1173-1174 -- A captive queen's lost years, 1174-1189 -- The queen-mother: Richard's reign, 1189-1199 -- Securing the Plantagenet legacy: John's reign, 1199-1204 -- Overwhelmed by a black legend.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
