Eleanor of Aquitaine: Christmas Courts and Coronations (ep 85)

I’m kicking off the holiday season with a quick discussion of one
of my favorite Christmas movies…The Lion in Winter!

Host: Carol Ann Lloyd
carolannlloyd.com
@shakeuphistory
Creative Director: Lindsey Lindstrom
Music: Historical Documentary licensed through Audio
Jungle/Envato Markets

Though a series of Christmas celebrations, Eleanor developed from
being a young girl in Aquitaine to Queen Consort of France, then
to wife of the heir to the English throne, then Queen Consort of
England and mother of a growing royal family. Even spending 16
Christmases in captivity couldn’t keep Eleanor down, and she
joined the family for that famous Christmas court in 1184. After
outliving both royal husbands, Eleanor was the center of
celebrations through the reign of Richard I, where she used her
considerable talents to promote and secure his rule and his
reputation. Even in retirement, she continued to carve out a
legacy, leaving monuments to the Plantagenet empire that would
change the face of England and Europe for centuries to
come.

Huge shoutout to the extraordinary work of Elizabeth Chadwick
about Eleanor!


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