Richard I

CHAPTER I.

KING RICHARD'S MOTHER.

1137-1154

Richard the Crusader.--A quarrelsome king.--Richard's kingdom.--Union of England and Normandy.--England was a possession of Normandy.--Eleanora of Aquitaine.--The contemporaries of Eleanora.--Royal match-making.--The conditions of the marriage.--Apparent prosperity of leanora.--Eleanora's accomplishments.--The Cr...