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= Wiki Post #1 March 23 2012 =

The characters Eleanor and Louis were both not betrothed at a young age. Eleanor's father and grandfather honestly didn't think they were ever going to die. Both men were very pious. Eleanor's father, Duke William, was not very humble either. He was very full of himself. When he would pray, it would be more of a challenge than a sincere prayer. " Put your strength in my fist, O God, and together we shall teach Count Raymond a lesson. And then after, dear God, I'm going to make a nice donation to one of Your churches"(Konigsgurg 20). Duke William is praying this, and seems to sound very selfish. Louis wasn't betrothed at a young age because he is a second son, which means his brother is supposed to be in his position. His brother died after he broke his neck while riding his horse. Since Louis was next in line for the throne, that's what he got. Most people betroth their children at such a young age to maintain their wealth and their land, however that wasn't Eleanor and Louis's case.

 Eleanor's made some very good and bad decisions in the book so far. One of the main decisions that Eleanor recently made was to go against her husband's words and disobey him. They were on a crusade, and her husband told them to go with the group to a safe plateau. Instead of listening to was he had to say, she and Geoffrey of Rancon traveled down to a valley. She thought that it was a great idea, since it was much nicer down there. Geoffrey tried to persuade her that it was the wrong decision, but he was convinced by Eleanor that he wouldn't regret it. " I think it would be far nicer to spend the night there" (Konigsburg 52). Eleanor is saying that it would be nicer to stay down in the valley. By saying this Geoffrey realizes that it would be too. So they went down to the valley. Meanwhile, the Turks were lurking behind the mountains, watching King Louis. King Louis was looking everywhere for Eleanor, and the Turks could see his vulnerability. So they attacked. King Louis fought viciously back, and survived. Eleanor had no idea wha t was going on down there, but as some of Louis's men told her. She was afraid  she had lost Louis, but she thankfully didn't.

=**March 27, 201 **=

The idea of divine justice is like what goes around come around. If you do something bad, than most likely something bad will happen to you. It also works with good actions. Abbot Bernard thinks that Geoffrey's death wasn't acoincidence, unlike Matilda. Since Geoffrey threw flaming arrows at  King Louis's castle, and kept the steward captive, Abbot believes that god took is life for that. "Abbot Bernard said that it was Divine Justice, but I don'y think it was" (Konigsburg). Divine justice connects to the EQ because doing something good or bad could completely change your life, or the lives of others. If you save someone from getting hit by a car, not only do you change their life, you save it too, and in return, god will make something good in your life. The thing that god chooses to happen in your life could change yours too.

Eleanor and Matilda are against Becket being appointed bishop. Eleanor is against it because she thinks that it would bring nothing but trouble. " The Pope guards his right to appoint bishops, and he certainly will not allow you to appoint one as important as the Archbishop of Canterbury" (Konigsburg 112). Eleanor doesn't think that he has the right to appoint bishop s. She thinks he will just get in trouble and not get Becket appointed if he does it himself. Matilda thinks that Becket will have to hard a choice choosing between serving Henry and God. She says that he will choose serving god instead of him. Henry likes the idea because he says that he will be able to be excused by English law and is allowed to by tried by Church law. This way he could combine the two laws together. The outcome might be that Becket decides to serve God instead of Henry, because God has huge power over Henry.

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 * April 2, 2012 Wiki post 3 **

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 * The two characters Eleanor and Richard both had different styles of teaching. Eleanor let Richard take control when she was teaching him. She let him learn by doing, instead of just telling him what he would do and let him figure it out on his own. He was able to collect the taxes, travel with Eleanor, meet the people of Aquitaine, and took part in every ceremony. The way that Eleanor taught Richard was very helpful for him. "He learned everything about government at her side." Richard was learning far more about government that Henry did. Eleanor really tried to make sure that not only Richard understood government, but he was able to witness it also. King Henry didn't teach Young Henry much anything at all. He was more caught up in himself to try to teach Young Henry. King Henry would take him places, but would give him jobs that were more fit for an errand boy, not a prince. Young Henry got angry about this. He would watch Richard learn, and not understand why he couldn't have that same experience. **======


 * The rules made by the Courts of Love effect how men treat women today. Many of the rules are now what men do everyday. One of the rules was //real jealousy always increases the feeling of love.// The rule applies to men saying that when they are truely in love, they'll feel jealous. If they see their lover with someone else, they'll want to take her away from him. **
 * [[image:areidcfa/courtly_love.jpg width="200" height="282" align="right" caption="This picture represents Courtly Love. The man is showing respect to the lady, and presenting her with a flower."]]If you get that feeling, than you'll know your in love. When you feel jealous, you seem to love that person more. They'll act different around that person, and treat them with respect. They know that they could those them at any second, so they tend to try to make them feel special. Also, they Courts of Love made men do the everyday things that they always do. They hold the doors for girls, always let them go first, and treat them with respect. Men do things everyday that we don't notice, and they do them because of the rules of Courtly Love .**