Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
When the _White Ship_ went down on 25th November 1120, carrying with her the only legitimate son of Henry I., the succession to the English throne became a question of great moment. Henry’s daughter, Maud, had been married to Henry V., Emperor of Germany, in 1114; it was clear...
When the _White Ship_ went down on 25th November 1120, carrying with her the only legitimate son of Henry I., the succession to the English throne became a question of great mom...
2. CHAPTER IIHenry ascended the throne of England in singularly favourable circumstances. Still young, his character had been formed and his reputation had been established on the battle-fie...
3. CHAPTER IIIThe Welsh, who had been brought into at least nominal subjection by the strong hand of Henry I., were not slow to avail themselves of England’s weakness under Stephen to regain...
4. CHAPTER IVAfter the ingloriously successful Welsh campaign of 1157 Henry seems to have returned to Woodstock and there rejoined the queen, who had given birth on 8th September to a third...
5. CHAPTER VDuring the time that Henry was campaigning on the Norman borders, in April 1161, Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury died. For nearly a year the king kept the primacy vacant, but...
6. CHAPTER VIWhen news of Becket’s murder reached Henry at Argentan on 1st January 1171, he was terribly perturbed, and, retiring to his apartments, remained for three days in solitude, fast...
7. CHAPTER VIIHenry had left Ireland, as we have seen, on 17th April 1172, and about the second week in May he crossed from Portsmouth to Barfleur with a considerable following, at least twen...
8. CHAPTER VIIIThe economic effects of the rebellion were far-reaching. Those who had been involved in it returned, it is true, nominally to the position in which they had been before the outb...
9. CHAPTER IXThe reign of Henry II. is of particular importance in English constitutional and legal history. It was a period of evolution, of crystallisation, a period of transition. As in a...
10. CHAPTER XFinance plays as prominent a part in public as in private life, and the fortunes of a nation are as much built upon a money basis as those of an individual. This somewhat obviou...
11. CHAPTER XISociety in England during Henry’s reign might be considered as arranged in three groups: (1) The Military Class, with the king at its head, ranging from the semi-independent ear...
12. c. 31 Angers---- Conan, Count of, 24, 44, 49, 66, 144; Geoff., Count of (d. 1158). _See_ Anjou, Geoff. of; Geoff., Count of (d. 1186). _See_ Geoffrey, son of Hen. II; Hoel, Count of, 24