Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Artistic Legacy? Guest Post for History... the Interesting Bits

Richard of Devizes called her femina incomparabilis “a woman without compare” and in many respects she was. Queen of both France and England respectively, duchess of a great duchy in her own right, rebel wife who openly went to war against her husband, Eleanor of Aquitaine needs no introduction. And yet very little is actually known about one of the most famous women in history. Thus we should not find it surprising that all the myths and misconceptions about her got so firmly established in the popular consciousness. One of them is Eleanor as a very active artistic patron. However, if we raise the question, her artistic legacy is rather modest. There are only few surviving objects that can be safely associated with her...

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Many thanks to my dear friend Sharon Bennett Connolly for having me on her website and for giving me the opportunity to tell a few words about Henry the Young King's mother and her artistic legacy. 

Katarzyna Ogrodnik-Fujcik