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**__A Proud Taste for Scarlet & Miniver__: Wiki Post #1** **3/26/12**

==== 'Eleanor and Louis are betrothed to each other later than was typical of betrothals during the 12th century because Eleanor was from a rich, proud family, and Louis was the second son and was expected to be a priest until his brother Philip died. In the Abbot's opinion, "I think that the fair Eleanor was saved because her father and her grandfather thought that they would never die" (Konigoburg 20). Eleanor's father thought that he was so important and powerful that he would always be there. ====

==== Eleanor connects with the EQ because she made a decision to marry Louis and she has to put up with Louis behavior. Also, Eleanor's actions have reflected what happens to other people. Eleanor says to Geoffrey, " Who said that we shall not? The king will come up to the plain and not find us, then he will look below as I have and see us, and then will follow" ( Konigoburg 59). It was Eleanor's decision to not listen to the scouts decision to stay on the plateau that cost her mens' life. The Turks attacked Loui's men and killed a lot of them. Louis connects with the EQ because he made a decision that costs his life and maybe his respect for god. It is what Louis did that effected a lot of peoples lifes. This is what happened; 'Alas! The roof of the church, too, was wooden, and it caught some unhappy sparks from their homes. The roof collapsed, and everyone died" (  Konigoburg 36). Louis set fire to a church and it killed everybody that was in it. He feels really bad about doing that and he went on the crusade to make up his bad deed. He went on the crusade because he wanted to please god and he wanted god to forgive him.  ====



Wiki post # 2 3/29/12 Eng./Lit. 3-4

Abbot Bernard thinks that Geoffrey died because of Divine Justice. Divine Justice is when God punishes you for your sins. Abbot Bernard thinks that Geoffrey sinned when he took one of the king's officers as prisoner and refused to free the prisoner. Geoffrey tells Abbot Bernard and Eleanor, " I refuse to free him. I got him legally,"(Konigsburg) Abbot Bernard thinks that God's punishment for Geoffrey was a fever that killed him. This connects with the EQ because Geoffrey's action made Abbot Bernard and God mad at him. Abbot Bernard excommunicated Geoffrey and God, according to Abbot Bernard, killed him.

Eleanor and Matilda are against Becket being appointed archbishop. The reason is because then Thomas will gain too much power and Thomas will have hard choices to make. When Matilda and Thomas were arguing, Matilda says to Thomas, “He will choose to serve God instead of you. If you make him archbishop, you give him too much power and too hard a choice," (Konigsburg 113). Henry was up for it because Thomas was his trusted friend Henry is trying to persuade Thomas to be an archbishop. The outcome might be that if Thomas becomes an archbishop, than he will have too much power and that he will not be able to use all of that power responsible. Some people, if they have a lot of power, can get insane and start using their powers for evil or they might not be as nice as they were before they had power.

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Eleanor and King Henry's teaching methods differ by greatly. When Eleanor was teaching Richard, King Henry was teaching young Henry. When Eleanor was teaching Richard, she let Richard rule beside her. When young Henry was arguing with King Henry, he says, " When have you ever let me do anything that would show you that I can rule. Mother has let Richard rule the Aquitaine with her," (Konigsburg 145). Eleanor seems to know how to teach young adults. King Henry, on the other hand, taught Young Henry to be more like an errand boy instead of a King. Both Eleanor's and King Henry's methods connect to the EQ spectacularly. Eleanor's teaching methods connect with the EQ because what she taught Richard was what she was supposed to. It helped Richard complete his goa ls in the future in Aquitaine but become a great English king. Henry's teaching method resulted in a son, " fighting mad to get," (146), power. Prince Henry joined his brothers in rebellion.

The rules of Courtly Love have affecte<range type="comment" id="934326">d how men treat women today. A man shows his love for his wife by doing good deeds and by giving her gifts. " Young knights would bring their cases before a court, which was made up of young ladies," (Konigsburg 134) In Eleanor's Court of Love, a man had to be nice to a lady by holding a door for her and pulling out a chair at the dinner table for a lady. He had to be neat and he must regar d his lady-love as someone above earthly temptation. He was supposed to protect her at all times. We see this often between boyfriend and girlfriend.