Sources

Of the many history volumes consulted, the one I relied on most heavily was Marion Meade’s superb biography Eleanor of Aquitaine. The following were also particularly helpful: Eleanor of Aquitaine, by Desmond Seward; Eleanor of Aquitaine, by Régine Pernoud; Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings, by Amy Kelly; Eleanor of Aquitaine, by M. V. Rosenberg; England Under the Angevin Kings, Vols. I and II, by Kate Norgate; The King and Becket, by Nesta Paine; Henry II Plantagenet, by John Schlicht; The Medieval Reader, by Norman Cantor; Life in a Medieval City, Life in a Medieval Castle, and Women in the Middle Ages, all by Francis and Joseph Gies; Daily Living in the Twelfth Century, by Urban T. Holmes, Jr.; Pilgrims, Heretics, and Lovers, by Claude Marks; Medieval London, by Timothy Baker; The Women Troubadours, by Meg Bogin; Songs of the Troubadours, edited and translated by Anthony Bonner; The Conquering Family, by Thomas Costain; The Devil’s Brood, by Alfred Duggan; The Divine King in England and The God of the Witches, by Margaret Alice Murray; Medieval Woman’s Guide to Health by Beryl Rowland; William Marshal: The Flower of Chivalry, by Georges Duby; and Medieval Holidays and Festivals: A Calendar of Celebrations, by M. P. Cosman.