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__**A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver**__ Wiki Post #1: 3/26/2012

1.Eleanor was not married when the typical time to be married was. Eleanor was not married off at an earlier time because her father and grandfathe‍r thought that they would never die. ‍ Her grandfather went on the Crusades for religious reasons and her father bribed God that he would give a large donation to the church if he helped him defeat in battle, during this battle he won. Louis even said “I have never before heard of anybody regard a prayer as a challenge match between himself and‍ God” (Konigsburg 21) ‍. Louis thought this was crazy because you can’t bride God, and the fact that he thought he would never die because of this battle was crazy. Eventually he did die and Eleanor was not safe anymore so he betrothed her after she was of the eligible age to be married. Louis wasn’t married at an earlier age either, even though he was a prince of France. Louis wasn’t married at an earlier age because it was not necessary with him being the second son. He would have been a priest if Louis’s older brother Philip’s horse didn’t trip over the old sow and gotten Philip’s neck broken. Since Louis is the second son he would not have inherited the throne, but his older brother broke his neck making him next in line for the king of France, and also making him now eligible to be married. Neither of the two had been married at an earlier time because both were considered safe and to not inherit the throne.

2.Eleanor really changed her life with Louis after the ambush on the plateau. Louis started to be angry and force Eleanor around after the ambush. When Eleanor tells Geoffrey of Rancon to pull his forward van into the valley below the mountain, she leaves the other men and her husband, King Louis, back on the plateau where the Turks were ready to ambush them. King Louis fought them off and followed his men into the valley where Eleanor had gone. When he went into her tent and saw her, he got so angry with her that he forces her on the rest of the Crusade with him and says “ But you shall also show some restraint. You and your lady friends will control your whims and become obedient pilgrims‍" (Konigsburg 61). ‍He says this because she has caused them so much trouble that he needed to punish her and keep an eye on her at all times. This is showing conflict between them and also mistrust. The new thoughts of each other from the plateau will change their lives forever.



Wiki Post # 2: 3/29/2012

1. Geoffrey's actions did not kill him later with Divine Justice, even though Abbot Bernard seems to think so. Geoffrey didn't get Dinvine Justice because he fixed what he did wrong before he got his fever and was killed. When Geoffrey had a heated discussion with Abbot Bernard over capturing an officer of the king, the abbot ended up excommunicating him. Eleanor however, saw Henry and instantly fell in love with him. She met up with Geoffrey and Henry and made a deal with them. Geoffrey let his prisoner go and was reinstalled into the church. But, on the way back to his home, Geoffrey caught a fever and was killed. Mother Matlida said " Abbot Bernard said that it was Divine Justice, but I don't think it was" (Konigsburg 84). Mother Matilda says this because she knows that what Geoffrey did was wrong, but he still fixed his actions so therefore, Divine Justice couldn't have killed him. Geoffrey solved his wrong actions and even though he was killed by a fever, Abbot Bernard was wrong in thinking it was Divine Justice that caused him to die.

2. Eleanor and Mother Matilda are against making Thomas Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury while Henry is for it. Eleanor and Mother Matilda are against it because they know that Becket will have to make a choice between being the Archbishop or being Henry's chancellor, and they know he will choose religion because of his love for God and so that he could have a chance at Henry's kind of power. Henry is telling them that he wants to appoint Becket into both jobs because he wants to tie the English law and the Church law together to form one set of laws, making it easier to govern his land. When Thomas Becket accepted the job of Archbishhop of Canterbury, he resigned from being Henry's chancellor, making Henry get extremely angry at him. Mother Matilda even says " I was right. Becket chose to serve God" (Konigsburg 117). She and Eleanor proved their point of not trying to promote Becket to Archbishop of Canterbury after he actually got the job. Henry was for Becket being the Archbishop before he knew that he was going to betray him.



Wiki Post #4- April 4th, 2012

1. Eleanor and King Henry both teach their children, but they do it very differently. Eleanor teaches her children in the right way that they should be taught. Eleanor teaches Richard so that he could run the Aquitaine when he inherited the throne. In order to teach him properly, she took him everywhere with her letting him take part in every ceremony and having him sit beside her as she held court and collected taxes. Eleanor teaching Richard made Young Henry jealous because he was not learning properly with his father, King Henry. He was jealous that his mother was letting Richard make decisions and do the routine. William the Marshal even said "He learned everything about government at her side" (Konigsburg 139). He said that because it was true that Richard learned everything he was supposed to under Eleanor's teachings. Eleanor made the right decision teaching Richard that way because he was now ready to inherit the throne and rule Aquitaine. King Henry, on the other hand, did not teach his son, Young Henry, well at all. King Henry never really taught Young Henry the things he needed to know to become king of England. King Henry only gave him jobs that would normally be done by an errand boy, so therefore Young Henry wasn't learning how to be a king because his father wasn't letting him do any jobs or have any responsibility that a king would have. Young Henry would often get angry at his father and complain about not having any responsibility but the king would just ignore him. William the Marshal even said "I was often in the difficult position of trying to explain the father to the son. And vice versa" (Konigsburg 139). He says this because King Henry and Young Henry would often get annoyed or angry at each other and come to him for advice. King Henry did not make the right decision in teaching Young Henry this way because now Young Henry will not know what to do when he becomes king. Eleanor and King Henry both teach their children in different ways that either help their children or hurt them.

2. Back in the time frame of the book Eleanor and Marie established the Courts of Love, some of the rules of these Courts of Love are still seen even today. Some of these rules are still followed today, and have changed the way men treat women greatly from the way the used to before the Courts of Love were established. One of the rules that is still used today is to not treat women as property, but instead putting them on a pedestal to worship and to protect. Another rule still used today is to be polite to women by opening doors for them or helping them sit down at a table. William the Marshal even said "The male must be polite, he must be neat, he must regard his lady-love as someone to protect, as someone to tip one's hat to" (Konigsburg 134). He says this because this was the way that women were expected to be treated in the Courts of Love, and are still treated this way today. The Courts of Love's rules and expectations are not only still used and remembered today, but have overall changed the way that men were to treat and love women.