Polly Schoyer Brooks

Library discard - see photos. Laminate cover. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Georgia

A Biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine

Accused of being a demon by those who could not tolerate her independence, Eleanor of Aquitaine made her mark as one of the most dynamic and extraordinary figures of the Middle Ages. Born in 1122, Eleanor refused to be confined by the traditional gender roles of her time. She became well educated, gaining political and governing know-how from her father, William X, duke of Aquitaine, and armed herself with the skills necessary to become an influential queen-first of France, and later, England. With an impact that reached beyond politics, Eleanor shaped the future of the arts and humanities. And in a time when women were viewed as inferior to men, the virtues of chivalry and courtly love were born. Once described by a contemporary as "a woman beyond compare," Eleanor of Aquitaine is a figure who will remain controversial, powerful, and enchanting in the twenty-first century.

Queen Eleanor : Independent Spirit of the Medieval World

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

The Story of Joan of Arc

Places the life of the fifteenth-century girl who has become a French national symbol within the social, religious, and political context of her time.

Beyond the Myth

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Massachusetts

Independent Spirit of the Medieval World

Queen Eleanor

JB Lippincott, New York, 1983, first edition.  Hardcover with dj.

Very good condition with light bumping and small creases/closed tears at dj extremities.  Top and bottom corners of front dj flap are clipped.

P: A5

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A biography of the twelfth-century queen, first of France, then of England, who was the very lively wife of Henry II and mother of several notable sons, including Richard the Lionhearted.

Queen Eleanor, Independent Spirit of the Medieval World

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The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular heroines-Joan of Arc. Brooks tells us of a fifteenth-century France ravaged by war, plague, and religious conflict; of a king who suffered fits of madness and his weak son who made a disappointing successor; and of a peasant girl from the countryside who accomplished what appeared to be miracles by rallying the dispirited French nation with her desire to see the rightful king rule. Little more than a year after her astounding triumphs-uniting the nation and securing the throne for Charles VII with her victory over the English at Orlean-nineteen-year-old Joan was imprisoned on charges of witchcraft and sorcery, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake. Polly Schoyer Brooks's detailed narrative unveils the spirited young woman who became a patron saint and continues to inspire courage and faith.

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