England and Aquitaine in the century before the Norman Conquest
George T. Beech
A commonplace among English historians today is the importance of ties with Aquitaine during later Middle Ages. For some three centuries, historical events came to link destinies these two countries and peoples who otherwise differed strikingly in economy, language culture general, lasting consequences for both. It has long been taken granted by both French that this association about abruptly 1150s as a result ascent throne Henry Anjou who, through his marriage Eleanor, heiress duchy Aquitaine, became sovereign enormous territorial principality. Till present no one suspected any significant existed between Anglo-Saxons Aquitanians prior time. To be sure, had contact late Carolingian kings tenth century Normans eleventh, but those were purely northern phenomena. So too important Anglo-Saxon relations monks Fleury-sur-Loire early eleventh not known have repercussions far south.
Anglo-Saxon England