Henry and Eleanor [newly married] then went on progress through her domains [Aquitaine]. The inhabitants were quickly taught that their new master was a very different man from Louis VII [Eleanor’s first husband]. At Limoges, when the monks of the abbey of Saint-Martial refused feudal dues by a legal quibble, he promptly demolished the walls that had only recently been built to protect both abbey and town.
No rebelliousness is recorded elsewhere in Aquitaine at this time.
Source:
Seward, Desmond. “Duchess of Normandy.” Eleanor of Aquitaine. New York: Times , 1979. 72. Print.
Further Reading:
Henry II of England / Court-manteau (Henry Curtmantle) / Henry FitzEmpress / Henry Plantagenet
Aliénor d'Aquitaine / Éléonore / Alienora (Eleanor of Aquitaine)
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