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Record Number:
2474
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Pappano , Margaret Aziza.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Marie de France, Aliénor d'Aquitaine, and the Alien Queen
Source:
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady. Edited by Bonnie Wheeler and John Carmi ParsonsThe New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pages 337 - 367.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Arthurian Literature
Chronicles
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Wife of Louis VII of France and Henry II of England
Guenevere, Queen (Literary Figure)
Literature- Verse
Marie de France, Poet- Lais- Lanval
Queens
Queens in Literature
Women in Literature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles;France
Century:
12
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
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Abstract:
This chapter argues for an historical connection between Eleanor of Aquitaine and the woman poet Marie de France. By contextualizing Marie's lay of "Lanval" within contemporary chronicle accounts of Eleanor's life, it proposes that Marie offers an alternative conceptualization of the dilemma of feminine sovereign desire and provides insight into a female understanding of Eleanor's position as distincet from that of male clerical chroniclers. [Reprinted with permission of Palgrave Macmillan.]
Author's Affiliation:
Columbia University
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2003.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0312295820