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Harvard University Press, 1978. Revised Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/As New. B&W photos (very few) . CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" The DJ shows short "cuts" - one at the top front edge and one at the top back edge. What caused this? No idea. UNREAD 1978 Harvard Univ. Press hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), supposedly the "revised" edition. There are only 2 B&W photos that I have found. CONTENT: The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at the very center of the rich culture and clashing politics of the 12th century. Richest marriage prize of the Middle Ages, she was Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII, and went with him on the exciting and disastrous Second Crusade. Inspiration of troubadours and trouveres, she played a large part in rendering fashionable the Courts of Love and in establishing the whole courtly tradition of medieval times. Divorced from… Read More