The duchy whose troubadour courtly love poetry revolution, Eleanor of Aquitaine's dynastic consequence, and Gascon Occitan cultural brilliance made them the most romantically influential realm in the medieval French and English Atlantic world.
Duchy of Aquitaine — the great southern realm whose territory stretching from the Loire to the Pyrenees encompassed the most culturally distinctive and most linguistically rich region of medieval France, the Occitan-speaking lands of Gascony, Périgord, Poitou, and the Bordelais whose troubadour poets — the first vernacular lyric poets of medieval Europe whose cansos, sirventes, and tensons invented the conventions of courtly love that Dante, Petrarch, and the entire subsequent tradition of European love poetry inherited — made the Aquitanian court the most culturally generative literary environment in the twelfth-century west. The Aquitanian world whose Eleanor — the Duchess of Aquitaine who became Queen of France as wife of Louis VII and Queen of England as wife of Henry II, the most powerful woman in twelfth-century Europe whose inheritance of Aquitaine made her the most consequential matrimonial prize in medieval dynastic politics and whose sons Richard the Lionheart and John brought the Plantagenet-Capetian conflict over the duchy to its defining crisis — gave Aquitaine its most dramatic dynastic chapter, the English Crown's three-century hold on Bordeaux and Gascony ending only with the Battle of Castillon in 1453, the last battle of the Hundred Years' War, whose French victory finally incorporated Aquitaine into the French kingdom. This interactive sweatshirt connects you to that troubadour and Eleanor legacy with a QR code linking to the full story.
HERITAG is a purpose-driven brand that celebrates cultural diversity and awareness. Wear and share your social identity and cultural heritage with a unique collection of interactive sweatshirts that carry historical flags of France. Create informative and fun moments by inviting people to scan the visible QR code and learn about the proud history of France.
Making products on demand instead of in bulk also helps reduce overproduction, and this quality sweatshirt is made especially for you as soon as you place an order.
Few more things to know about this product: • Scannable QR code printed on the back for an interactive and fun experience • Designed to educate about a nation's proud history milestones and rich culture • Custom print-on-demand • 50% cotton, 50% polyester • Regular fit, sturdy and warm, pre-shrunk soft-feel fabric • Double-needle stitched spandex collar, shoulders, armholes, cuffs, and hem
