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But it was Eleanor' s homeland, Aquitaine, that was the greatest prize. A vast stretch of land between Anjou and the Pyrenees. A place where winesteeped Latin culture had been polished anew by Provencal sensuality. Its capital, here in Poitiers, the home of troubadours and courtly love. No wonder then that Eleanor grew up, as her contemporaries put it welcoming, vivacious, her handsome head perhaps turned by all those lovelorn lyrics of knights enslaved by beauties and bent on besieging their virtue. So this is what Eleanor brought to the match: grandeur, territory, wealth, a lot of wealth, and the glamour of Aquitaine. No wonder Henry thought that with this marriage he' d got, well, pretty much everything. Everything that is, except the crown of England. |
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ér shì āi lì nuò de jiā xiāng, ā jī tǎn cái shì jià zhí fēi fán de lǐ wù. tā wèi yú ān rú hé bì lǐ niú sī shān zhī jiān, dì yù liáo kuò. zài zhè lǐ, pǔ luó wàng sī de shēng sè quǎn mǎ, yòu jiāng jiǔ sè jìn yín de lā dīng wén huà fā yáng guāng dà. shǒu fǔ pǔ wǎ jié shì yín yóu shī rén hé gǔ diǎn ài qíng de shèng dì, āi lì nuò zài zhè lǐ chéng zhǎng, yǔ tā de tóng líng rén yí yàng, rè qíng dà fāng, huó pō dòng rén. líng tīng qí shì men biǎo dá qīng mù de shī cí, tā huì pēng rán xīn dòng. ér nián qīng de qí shì, yě huì wèi qí měi mào suǒ fú huò, wèi qí zhēn jié ér zhé yāo. suǒ yǐ tā men yī pāi jí hé. mén tíng, lǐng tǔ, cái fù, dà bǐ de cái fù, yǐ jí ā jī tǎn de mèi lì, wú guài hū hēng lì rèn wéi zhè yàng de hūn yīn, kě chēng dé shàng wán měi, chú le yì diǎn, yīng gé lán de wáng guān. |