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 * A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver**

**3/23/12**
 * Post #1 **


 * Both Louis and Eleanor had one certain things holding them back from getting married at a young age. Their parents were the ones that never set it up. They didn’t have the belief of getting them married yet. Eleanor’s father never had a son because him and his grandfather thought they were going to live forever while Eleanor was young. When they realized they weren’t going to live forever Eleanor’s father sent a letter to the king asking for Eleanor to marry the prince. The prince on the other hand had been the second child at first. When him and his brother were younger his brother had been killed. Louis’s father sent him to a church and had him pronounced prince. Being second son hadn’t meant anything back then. Louis’s brother had been the big guy around because he was next in line for king."That the fair Eleanor was saved because her father and grandfather thought they would never die," (Konigsburg 20). After Eleanor’s father realizing himself being crazy he knew his only daughter could not take care of all of his land herself. He needed her betrothed soon. As a final point Louis’ and Eleanor’s parents were the reason they never got betrothed. **

** Eleanor changed many things around her. She got Louis do what she wanted and got her mother-in-law to leave the house. Eleanor kept bothering the queen with terraces in her room and she believed there was not enough room for two queens anymore. Eleanor managed to get Louis to try to battle for land in an area. He started burning down the town and they all ran the for the church. The church got on fire and caved in. The whole town died."The roof collapsed, and everyone in the village died," (Konigsburg 36). Eleanor manipulated Louis to get the things she wanted. Thus, Eleanor’s ideas of changing everything had effected everyone around her and Louis to effect people around him as well. **



** Post #2 ** **3/27/12**

** Basically, Geoffrey’s philosophy was he only had to do something if he got something he needed in return. He was very stubborn too. Geoffrey somewhat attacked an area while the King had been gone on a crusade. That was against God’s law of not attacking an area while someone was on crusade. Geoffrey claimed it was not an invasion and that he only pored hot boiling oil of the castle. The stewart had come running out of the castle and Geoffrey had captured and imprisoned him. Abbot Bernard did not like that at all. He asked Geoffrey time and time again to free the stewart or else he would be excommunicated from the church. Geoffrey being stubborn had said he had the stewart legally and that he would keep the stewart legally. Abbot Bernard excommunicated him. Geoffrey wanted his son, Henry, to get the kiss of peace from the king so he could collect taxes. Abbot Bernard said no as so did Louis unless Geoffrey could relieve his sins. Geoffrey said, “If it is a sin to keep him, I refuse to be excused from that sin.”(Konigsburg 46). Geoffrey, Eleanor, and Henry had a little talk. Soon Geoffrey gave up everything and freed the stewart. It effected his life because he was finally free. On his trip back Geoffrey died of a fever. Abbot Bernard called that divine justice, like karma, because of all the bad things Geoffrey did. The little talk Geoffrey had with Eleanor and Henry was going to effect a lot of things. Since Geoffrey had died Henry was the duke of Adju. Eleanor divorced Louis and married Henry. Geoffrey gave all those things back just so Henry could marry Eleanor. Lastly, Geoffrey only did things if he highly wanted the other thing. **

** First of all, both Eleanor and Matilda knew it was a bad idea from the start. If Becket was appointed as it he would choose the church and not Henry. Henry believed that Becket would stay with him because he thought Becket was too fancy for the church. What Henry didn't realize was that Becket had gone through priest hood and it was very easy for Becket to switch back to only believing the church rather than Henry. Matilda and Eleanor fought with Henry to not appoint Becket as archbishop but he was too blinded by the idea of bring the English Common Law and church together. He kept shouting, "OUT, OUT, OUT!" at them when they would say he was wrong (Konigsburg 108). The outcome will probably be that Becket becomes archbishop and quits his job as chanceler of the king and Henry would get angry at Becket for that. All in all Eleanor and Matilda knew what they were talking about from the beginning. **



**Post #3** **4/2/12**

** The way men treat women has changed in many ways since then. There are still teachings of the same matter now. There are certain classes you take to learn manners. If some guys wants a girlfriend he acts in a charming and nice way to get the girl. One class many kids take at a young age is cotillion. You go there to learn manners. They teach you how to treat a lady went at a banquet or party. If she leaves or comes back the man has to stand up. If the girl is thirsty or hungry the guy would go get her food. Also, usually when a guy wants a girlfriend he will act a lot nicer around her. He wouldn’t treat her like “One of the Guys” and play football tackle her when he is with her. ** ** "The courts of love had laws: the male must be polite, he must be neat, he must regard his lady love as someone about earthly temptation, as someone too rail to be exposed to the roughness of life, as someone who must be helped sit at a table, as someone whose delicate ears must not hear naughty words, as someone to tip one's hat to," ** **in some ways we still do some of these things today (Konigsburg134).**