Capetians and Plantagenets. Leopard against Lily

England and France. The main confrontation of the Middle Ages, at the origins of which stand two of the most powerful families of Western Europe – the Capetians and the Plantagenets. Their three-hundred-year feud mixed courage, betrayal, jealousy, reckless love, and the clash between Louis VII and Henry II. Known for her beauty and unbridled temperament, the Duchess of Aquitaine became the apple of discord. Eleanor of Aquitaine, twice a queen and the most influential woman, was a key figure in two Western European dynasties, giving rise to the rivalry of great powers. Why did the duchess prefer Henry II? How did the Capetians ascend to the French throne? What is the connection between Edward I and Philip III? How did the Third Crusade end? What undercurrents are there in the privileges of the Magna Carta, and who was left with the outcome of the main bloodshed of the Middle Ages? The era of chivalry, Templars, intrigues, the Black Death, and the founding of Parliament. The history of the English leopard and the French lily.