http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/12th-century Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:32:45 -0400 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:32:45 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/187/the-uncommon-commonality-of-eleanor-of-aquitaine By Katherine M. Baltrush - The changes taking place in this 12th century European world were not, however, uniform throughout Christendom. In his biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, simply named after its subject, Desmond Seward begins with a description of the culture of the province into which the future icon was born. In particular, he dwells on the fundamental differences between the southern province of Aquitaine and its northern counterparts of the Ils de France and the duchy of Normandy. These distinctions seem rather marked. One is southern preference for literature as the intellectual exercise of choice rather than... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:48 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/187/the-uncommon-commonality-of-eleanor-of-aquitaine