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What made Eleanor of Aquitaine the most influential woman of the 12th century?

    Activity: Talk or presentation types › Media appearance / interview

    Description

    She was a wife and mother to kings, but across her long life Eleanor of Aquitaine also wielded power in her own right.

    Dr Matthew Firth, Author of Early English Queens 850 -1000 and Research Fellow in Medieval History at Flinders University joined Suzanne Hill in This Week in History to tell her story.
    Period30 Mar 2025
    Held atABC Radio National
    Degree of RecognitionNational