Comments on: Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Second Crusade http://lucypick.com/2009/02/20/eleanor-of-aquitaine-and-the-second-crusade/ Reading and Writing History and Fiction (and sometimes food) Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:44:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lucypick http://lucypick.com/2009/02/20/eleanor-of-aquitaine-and-the-second-crusade/comment-page-1/#comment-386 lucypick Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:29:19 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=147#comment-386 I think Ermengarde of Narbonne would be a great candidate for a novel. ETA: I think Sybilla of Anjou would also make a great novel. I think Ermengarde of Narbonne would be a great candidate for a novel.

ETA: I think Sybilla of Anjou would also make a great novel.

]]> By: Julianne Douglas http://lucypick.com/2009/02/20/eleanor-of-aquitaine-and-the-second-crusade/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Julianne Douglas Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:09:41 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=147#comment-380 I hope to write a novel about Ermengarde one day. She was a close runner up as I was deciding on a topic for my second book. I hope to write a novel about Ermengarde one day. She was a close runner up as I was deciding on a topic for my second book.

]]> By: lucypick http://lucypick.com/2009/02/20/eleanor-of-aquitaine-and-the-second-crusade/comment-page-1/#comment-352 lucypick Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:28:40 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=147#comment-352 Ooo, Alvaro de Luna would be good too! Ooo, Alvaro de Luna would be good too!

]]> By: Miriam http://lucypick.com/2009/02/20/eleanor-of-aquitaine-and-the-second-crusade/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Miriam Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:36:28 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=147#comment-349 I thought you were going to write a novel about Berenguela and Rodrigo... actually, my choice would be Alvaro de Lara. I love Amy Kelly's book too -- I think it's the first book on anything medieval I ever read -- finding it by chance in the public library when I was in middle school.... I thought you were going to write a novel about Berenguela and Rodrigo… actually, my choice would be Alvaro de Lara.

I love Amy Kelly’s book too — I think it’s the first book on anything medieval I ever read — finding it by chance in the public library when I was in middle school….

]]> By: lucypick http://lucypick.com/2009/02/20/eleanor-of-aquitaine-and-the-second-crusade/comment-page-1/#comment-346 lucypick Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:33:46 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=147#comment-346 I see now Regine Pernoud's book has the same error. Actually, I love Kelly's book --- despite her errors of fact, I think she is much better at conveying a wholistic sense of what Eleanor may have been like, and has a much better understanding of the values and way of life in the Middle Ages, than, say, Weir. As a historian, like you I get frustrated when people invent things when the facts are so much more interesting. What we really need is a novel about Berenguela of Leon, don't you think?! I see now Regine Pernoud’s book has the same error. Actually, I love Kelly’s book — despite her errors of fact, I think she is much better at conveying a wholistic sense of what Eleanor may have been like, and has a much better understanding of the values and way of life in the Middle Ages, than, say, Weir.

As a historian, like you I get frustrated when people invent things when the facts are so much more interesting. What we really need is a novel about Berenguela of Leon, don’t you think?!

]]> By: Miriam http://lucypick.com/2009/02/20/eleanor-of-aquitaine-and-the-second-crusade/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Miriam Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:16:38 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=147#comment-345 I keep looking for the source of a saying I *know* I read somewhere -- I think it comes from a renaissance scholar and/or poet, which is to the effect of "Literature may say what History dare not." Which, to my mind, sums up why we need literature in the first place. On the other hand, when the truth is available, when the facts are available, so often it's so much more interesting than anything which could be made up. What compelled Amy Kelley to insert these characters into Eleanor's crusade -- and cite Michaud in the bargain? Perhaps there's a plot point in there somewhere. I keep looking for the source of a saying I *know* I read somewhere — I think it comes from a renaissance scholar and/or poet, which is to the effect of “Literature may say what History dare not.” Which, to my mind, sums up why we need literature in the first place. On the other hand, when the truth is available, when the facts are available, so often it’s so much more interesting than anything which could be made up. What compelled Amy Kelley to insert these characters into Eleanor’s crusade — and cite Michaud in the bargain? Perhaps there’s a plot point in there somewhere.

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