Leonor de Inglaterra

The English lady, consort of Alfonso VIII, who revolutionized the culture of 13th century medieval Castile, Eleanor of Plantagenet or England, queen consort of Castile, is a rigorous essay focused on the life and cultural work of Eleanor of England, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, involved in the medieval times of a reconquering Castile that was trying to configure her own jurisdictional map, thanks to the great work of her husband, the Castilian King Alfonso VIII. The one who was queen of Castile represented, for Europe in the last half of the twelfth century and the first half of the thirteenth, a new concept of feminine space, inherited from her mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the one who was queen of France and England, and prototype of universal woman. In this Unknown Story, Miguel Romero also addresses the most important passages in the political life of Alfonso VIII, her husband, and a brief journey through the life of her mother, characters without whom it would be impossible to properly understand the life of the protagonist. Leonor, precursor of the development of troubadour poetry, coming from French Occitania, opened the door to the most courtly minstrels and popular cultism. She helped to promote the constructive ideas of the Cistercian and was a precursor of the application of the first Gothic in the cathedrals of Sigüenza and Cuenca, promoting the construction of Las Huelgas and the Hospital del Rey in Burgos. The fascinating biography of a woman outside hers, her time who lived the reconquering Castile of the 13th century with passion and love.