Surf these sites: Age of King Charles V -- (1338-1380): 1,000 Illuminations from the Department of Manuscripts - Bibliothèque Nationale de France Britannia: Monarchs of Britain -- Britannia''s comprehensive guide to the monarchs of England and Britain. Charlemagne : King of the Franks -- A timeline, a map, and a translation of the contemporary biography by Einhard. Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England -- The life of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II and mother of King Richard the Lionheart. King Alfred the Great -- A short biography and links to further information on this famous 9th century English King. Richard III Society -- Dedicated to King Richard III and the Wars of the Roses. Also fifteenth-century England and its culture, the reputation of Richard III in history, literature, and drama, especially Shakespeare. Richard Lionheart -- Background material and pictures by the author of a new biography of Richard Lionheart. The Funeral of Duke Philip the Good -- How the Funeral of Philip the Good (died 1467) was used by the Burgundian aristocracy to demonstrate their ducal power and munificence. The Maintenance of Ducal Authority in Gascony (1298-1320) -- This study uses the career of Sir Guy Ferre the Younger to examine the policy adopted by the absentee Plantagenet king-dukes for maintaining ducal authority against their Capetian over-lords. The Nibelungen - The Historical Truth -- A comparison of the Germanic legendary heroes Dietrich von Bern and the Nibelungen with Theodoric the Great and the Burgundians of Late Antiquity. William Marshal (1144-1219) -- Biography of a man who served as marshal to four kings, as regent of England, and a Templar Knight
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