…Britain now it seems very clear, was composed actually with the patronage of the house of Henry. Henry's Wife was glorious Eleanor of Aquitaine, dates 1122 to 1209. She is it. She's the whole romantic period that we're talking about. She had come from…

…dates 1122 to 1209. She is it. She's the whole romantic period that we're talking about. She had come from Southwest France, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her first husband to whom she'd been married when she was a little girl was the King of France, whom she…

…of love, and there's that tradition. There are the celtic bards in the Norman courts, which include also avignon, which include also Aquitaine, and these celtic bards are telling the old celtic stories in 12th century costume, that is to say the gods and…

…Wales and sometimes from Ireland were entertainers in the Norman courts. Now the Great Henry Ii of England had as his queen Eleanor of Aquitaine if you want one incarnation of the goddess of the middle ages, this is it, Eleanor. She's born 1122 and dies…

…born 1122 and dies 1209 right covers the whole period, third crusade, the whole business. She was the daughter. She came from Aquitaine right on the border of Spain, and her grandfather was the first of the troubadours. She was married then to King Louis…

…think Blanche of Castile also, three generations later there isn't anybody on the throne in Europe Who's not the grandchild of Eleanor of Aquitaine and she was really really it. But when she went to Henry she brought with him sovereignty over Aquitaine and…

…grandchild of Eleanor of Aquitaine and she was really really it. But when she went to Henry she brought with him sovereignty over Aquitaine and over the northern part of France. That's how we had to wait for Joan of arc 1431 she's burned to death to…

…old stories of Finn McCool and Geraint and a whole tales then that are being celebrated in the in the courts of Aquitaine and France and Norman Britain. Now what was the cultural life of that period like? We're talking only about aristocrats. This has…

…to I don't know who she was, she queen of France. She was a high lady she wasn't a queen at all her mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine. She asked him to write a story of married love and he wrote a story called erech, erech and Enid. That's a story of…

…and so forth, becomes told in the Norman courts by the bards. Meanwhile there's this great, great dame of the whole middle ages, Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was the wife of two great kings. She was married to King Louis of France and went with him on the…

…in the generation next she's it, and her period is exactly the period of the grail romances. And where did she come from Eleanor of Aquitaine? She came from the south of France. So she brings the south of France to the English Throne and is the. You…