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From: Kay Allen AG <>
Subject: Re: Eleanor of Acquitaine Weir book
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 1990 04:26:38 -0800


I am curretly reading my complimentary copy of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Yes, she does endnote and cite sources. However, she appears to note
trivia and not some more important material. Her citing style would not
pass a high school English term paper class here in the states.
Elizabeth Shown Mills would blast her out of the water. Elizabeth Shown
Mills is the editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and
is known for her devotion to highest standards.

She is also highly selective in using sources. She tends to only cite
those that support her views and ignores material which would challenge
her theses.

Kay Allen AG
Renia Simmonds wrote:
>
> D. Spencer Hines wrote:
>
> > Oh, she writes quite well.
> >
> > Pity is that so much of it is rubbish.
>
> Not the one I am reading. And she quotes her sources throughout her
> narrative.
>
> Renia
>
> > D. Spencer Hines
> >
> > Lux et Veritas et Libertas
> >
> > "To be learned about [the Middle Ages] is a ridiculous affectation in
> > any man who means to be useful to the present age. Down to this aera
> > let us read history: from this aera, and down to our own time, let us
> > study it." Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke [1678-1751] (1735)
> > "Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense."
> > (1716)
> >
> >
> >
> > "Renia Simmonds" <> wrote in message
> > news:..
> > | Haven't read this, but must say I am enjoying her "Children of
> > England" very
> > | much. I, personally, like her style.
> > |
> > | Renia
> > |
> > | Doug Gentile wrote:
> > |
> > | > I was out of town for a lot of the time that the discussion of
> > Weir's
> > | > Eleanor of Acquitaine book was being discussed. Where do I go to
> > look at
> > | > the archives of that discussion? Was there a final verdict on the
> > validity
> > | > of the information in it?
> > | >
> > | > Thanks!
> > | >
> > | > Doug
> > |
> > |
> > |
> > |
> > |

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