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=A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver Wiki Posts = = = =Friday, March 23: Wiki Post #1 = = = = = = = =1. They were betrothed because right before William, the Duke of Aquitaine died, he sent messengers to the king of France to have his daughter betrothed to his son, Louis. When narrating the story to the others in Heaven, Abbot Sugar said, "Just before his death, Duke William had sent messengers to his king; the messengers carried a request" (Konigsburg 15). This is how Louis and Eleanor were betrothed. Eleanor wasn't betrothed as a younger child because Duke William and his father both believed they were immortal and would never die, so they didn't think it was necessary to betroth Eleanor. This tells us that her family felt they were about everybody else and they believed they would never die. Louis wasn't betrothed at a young age because he was a second son, and nobody could have predicted the death of his older brother, causing him to become the heir to the throne. = = = =2. One example of the actions of one person affecting others is when Eleanor chose to go off the plateau the scouts had chosen as a camp and to go down into the valley that resembled Aquitaine. She ordered Geoffrey to disobey his king and lead the men down into the valley when she said, "The king will come up to the plain and not find us, then he will look below as I just have and see us, and then he will follow. And we shall all sleep close and cozy tonight. Give the order to move on" (Konigsburg 59). This decision caused many of the men to be slaughtered by the turks and almost caused Louis himself to die. Clearly, a persons actions can and will affect others. = =

= =Tuesday, March 27: Wiki Post #2 =

=1. Divine Justice is like karma, if you are a sinner, justice will be served, meaning you will die. Abbot Bernard thinks Geoffrey died from the fever because he kidnapped the king's steward, and that it was a sin. Matilda-Empress says, "If Geoffrey were the sinner that Abbot Bernard believed him to be, why would he die // after // he had been restored to the church?" (Konigsburg 84). Matilda-Empress does not think it was Divine Justice. If Divine Justice was real, it could have large impacts on people's lives. For example, a man could have been very un-religious and a sinner, he may catch a deadly disease and be killed. It would impact his life because he would be dead, but it would impact the lives of others, such as his family, because they would lose a member of their family. It would make them very sad and could possibly ruin their lives =

= 2. Eleanor and Matilda are against Becket being appointed archbishop because of a few reasons. First, Henry does not have the right to appoint the archbishop. Second, Matilda told Henry, "He will choose to serve God instead of you" (Konigsburg). She is saying that if Becket is appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury, he will abandon his duties as Chancellor and abandon Henry and choose to server God instead. Henry is for him being appointed because, despite his power with the English Common Law, he ha no power in the church. Even the lowliest clerk of a very small church can claim that be excused from English law and be tried by Church law. He wants to be able to merge them with Becket as the Archbishop. =

= Monday, April 2: Wiki Post #3 =

= 1. Eleanor and King Henry's teaching methods are very different. King Henry did not teach Young Henry how to lead a kingdom, he just gave him trivial tasks that had no relevance to what he //should// be learning. Queen Eleanor, however, taught Richard how to be a great leader. She let him rule the Aquitaine on his own. He learned how to quiet rebellions and how to be a king. This affected the lives of Young Henry and Richard a lot. Young Henry grew up not liking his father because, even though he gave him the throne, he never let him lead nor let him become a true king. He did nothing more than collect taxes. King Henry's teaching also caused Young Henry's hatred of his brother to grow because Richard was let loose to lead the Aquitaine while Young Henry did nothing. The hatred grew between them, eventually causing a war between them. William the Marshal said, "The jealousy between Richard and Young Henry reached a climax when the brothers met at Christmas court in the year 1183" (Konigsburg 156). This jealousy was partly caused by King Henry's poor teaching of Young Henry, and soon led to Young Henry's death. =



= 2. The rules of the Courts of Love have affected how men treat women today a lot. The affects of the Courts of Love are still seen today. William the Marshal said, "The Courts of Love were a great success; they quieted the riotous behavior in Poitiers then, and they are still responsible for the fact that men open the doors for ladies and stand when a lady walks into the room" (Konigsburg 134). One of the most prominent affects of the Courts of Love is the fact that marriage is no longer just a la nd contract. People get married for love, not land. Another that is partly apparent today is He who is not jealous cannot love. This is true in some ways because people in love do get jealous, but just because you are not jealous does not mean you are not in love. =