Dr Elena Janega

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Dan Snow's History Hit · Eleanor of Aquitaine · 13 Apr 2026 podcast

And it's just not feasible with what they have got going.

But because of how sources work at the time and the way people feel about certain things, the failure of the Second Crusade is kind of blamed on Eleanor because you know how women are.

Okay.

I mean, it's kind of bonkers at the end.

You know, sometimes we think that the way that people talk about Eleanor leading an army is specifically to denigrate her and specifically to say that the reason this failed is that a woman was leading her.

There are all these rumors about like, oh, well, the procession of the soldiers is slowed down because Eleanor has too much luggage.

You know, like she brought, oh, you know, has women be shopping, women be overpacking, you know, things like this.

And so they're like, oh, yeah.

And that slowed the baggage train down.

When in reality, Louis is kind of like going out in front when Eleanor is like, hold up, hold up, hold up.

You need to, we're trying to climb over some mountains here with a bunch of people.

And essentially the army gets routed.

They're split into too many pieces and nobody knows what they're doing, right?

Because-

This is always going to be the trouble with Crusade.

If you genuinely believe in your heart that you've been called by God and you are blessed by the oversight of the Lord, the idea that you could lose a battle is a little bit more difficult, right?

Oh, it breaks them.

They hate each other.

And basically at this point in time, Eleanor is like, I am done.

We're going to get back.

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