Arthur managed to speak to his grandmother [Queen Eleanor of England], demanding that she evacuate the castle with all her possessions and then go peaceably wherever she wished, for he wanted to show nothing but honor to her person. The Queen replied that she would not leave it, but if he behaved as a courtly gentleman, he would quit this place, for he would find plenty of castles to attack other than the one she was in.

Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life