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__Wiki Post #1: Eleanor, Louis, and the EQ__
== The decisions that Louis and Eleanor made in Act 1 of "A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver," affected the events that took place in all of the scenes. In the eyes of each other in the 15 years they were together, almost all of the choices that they made were controversial in the other's eyes. For example, when Eleanor decided that she wanted to roam the prairie at night, Louis had no clue and was trying to find her everywhere. While Louis was looking for Eleanor, the Turkish army attacked and slaughtered many troops. Luckily for Eleanor, Louis did not fall in battle with most of the troops. Louis was furious and stated, "Tomorrow, we close ranks and head for port, and you, Eleanor, will close your mouth and do likewise" (Konigsburg 62). Also, when Eleanor and Louis moved into the royal castle in Paris, Eleanor took Queen Adelaide's room and hung up tapestries containing gory scenes of battle and war. No matter how many times Adelaide took down the tapestries, Eleanor would hang them up just a fast. Queen Adelaide decided that she could not handle Eleanor's taste in life. Adelaide decided to move out of the castle, stating to Abbot Suger, "There is not enough room in all of Paris f or two queens" (29). While Eleanor would make her decisions regarding the castle, Louis would either stand in awe of her confidence, or try to mimic her by unnecessarily imposing his will on other cities and countries. Overall, the decisions made by Louis and Eleanor affected the people surrounding them in bad way. ==



In "A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver" Geoffrey's lands were attacked in the time of a
== Crusade which breaks the "Truce of God." When Geoffrey got back from the Crusade, he took a prisoner of the King who trespassed on his property. He reluctantly returned the prisoner, but died of a bad fever on the way home. Abbot Bernard said that it was because of Divine Justice, which is a kind of like Karma. If Divine Justice did exist, than it would be related to our current EQ. The decision made by Geoffrey to keep the prisoner and not give him back until forced to, would have caused his death. When Abbot Bernard asked for the prisoner to be freed, Geoffrey replied, "I refuse to free him. I got him legally" (Konisburg 81). With the death of Geoffrey, his family would be in grieving for a while and would have caused pain all over Anoj to know that they did not have a leader anymore. It would also affect Geoffrey's life as well because he is dead and he does not have the joy of living in the world anymore decisions in taking and keeping a prisoner gave him Divine Justice and he died on the way back home. If Divine Justice was real, it would be connected to the EQ in a lot of ways. ==

Mother Always Knows Best
== In the novel E.L. Konisburg's novel, Henry promotes his Chancellor to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Chancellor's name is Thomas Becket and he is a very religious man. However, Matilda Empress and Eleanor are completely against the promotion. They know that when the time comes, Thomas will choose to serve God rather than Henry. Henry starts to get frustrated and Matilda Empress finally says to him, "And, Henry, my son, as much as I love you, you are no match for God. Thomas will choose to serve God rather than you" (116). Henry disagrees though, he thinks that Thomas will provide him with a friend at court so he can enforce only 1 set of laws rather than having an enemy who enforces another. The outcome was disastrous for Henry. Eleanor and Matilda Empress were right. Thomas started to handle things in a way that God would prefer rather than Henry, and Henry eventually might have to go to war against him. This is another example of why, "Mother always knows best!" ==

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**__Eleanor vs. King Henry:__**
== Queen Eleanor and King Henry have mostly the same types of personalities but as they start teaching their sons, a difference begins to become visible between the ways that they teach. While Eleanor taught Richard how to make decisions and took part in ceremonies, King Henry used Young Henry as his personal servant. Young Henry would complain about his jobs, but all King Henry would say is, "Every job in the world has some built-in boredom" (Konisburg 139). Eleanor was raising Richard to be ready for the position of King instead of position of errand boy. Both of their teaching styles are certainly related to our current EQ. The choices made by Eleanor to teach Richard the ways of court and government will prepare Richard for being the King of England. The choices she made may affect the lives of thousands of people in England that Richard would rule. Young Henry, on the other hand, is not so lucky. His teacher, King Henry, does not teach him much about government and court and only gives him tiny jobs like little errands. Today's equivalent would be going to the grocery store or fetching someone a glass of water or snack. King Henry's choice to not teach Young Henry much could result in bad decisions made by Young Henry while he was king. Young Henry could be a bad King because he had a bad teacher unlike Richard with Eleanor. Both of the teachers, however, made decisions that could affect not only themselves and their sons, but thousands of people that their sons may rule. ==

__** Courts of Love and Today: **__
== Queen Eleanor and her daughter Marie established a new type of court that would empower women and prevent men from labeling women as "Property." Their court, also called "The Courts of Love," required that in order for a man to marry a women, he must truly love her more than anyone else in the world. There were some rules tho ugh. William the Marshal described some of the rules as, "The male must be polite, he must be neat, and he must regard his lady-love as someone above earthly temptation" (Konisburg 134). Some of the things that men were required to do back then are still used today. Men who love women still open doors for women as well as being on his best manners to try to impress his love. The man today still opens the chair for the women to sit before he even THINKS about sitting down himself. Often today, men always tells the lady how much he loves her all the time to make sure she knows that she is absolutely adored. The Courts of Love set up by Marie and Queen Eleanor still have traditions that are kept today throughout modern life. ==