The Loss of Normandy (1189-1204): Studies in the History of the Angevin EmpireUniversity Press, 1913 - 603 pages |
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... King John . It is possible to study a medieval State in action , in its strength and weakness , to understand its military organisation , and to estimate the influence of personal and impersonal forces . Moreover , Normandy was opposed ...
... King John . It is possible to study a medieval State in action , in its strength and weakness , to understand its military organisation , and to estimate the influence of personal and impersonal forces . Moreover , Normandy was opposed ...
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... King Robert II and the count of Blois . In a few years the situation completely changed , and the kings of France lent their approval to the steady advance of Angevin influence in Touraine . Henry I definitely granted the county to ...
... King Robert II and the count of Blois . In a few years the situation completely changed , and the kings of France lent their approval to the steady advance of Angevin influence in Touraine . Henry I definitely granted the county to ...
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... king , had the latter's ambition and his own masterful sense of legality permitted it . There is something curiously ironical in his contention , sound enough in its way , that Berri should belong to him because the archbishopric of ...
... king , had the latter's ambition and his own masterful sense of legality permitted it . There is something curiously ironical in his contention , sound enough in its way , that Berri should belong to him because the archbishopric of ...
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Studies in the History of the Angevin Empire Frederick Maurice Powicke. King Philip Augustus ordered an inquiry into the value of the revenue from Falaise as it was on the day in which King Richard crossed the sea on crusade . The jurors ...
Studies in the History of the Angevin Empire Frederick Maurice Powicke. King Philip Augustus ordered an inquiry into the value of the revenue from Falaise as it was on the day in which King Richard crossed the sea on crusade . The jurors ...
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... king owed 1. In 1203 King John made a characteristic bargain . money to William des Preaux . He gave him the viscounty of the Lieuvin at a farm twice the sum of the old farm , and this was to go to William until the debt was paid . The ...
... king owed 1. In 1203 King John made a characteristic bargain . money to William des Preaux . He gave him the viscounty of the Lieuvin at a farm twice the sum of the old farm , and this was to go to William until the debt was paid . The ...
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administration Alençon Angevin Angoulême Anjou Aquitaine archbishop of Rouen Argentan Arques Arthur Aumâle bailiff bailiwick barons bishop Brittany Caen Cart Cartellieri castellan castle Chart charter Château-Gaillard Chinon chronicle Coggeshall Comtes de Poitou count of Flanders court custumal defence Delaborde Delisle demesne Diceto Drincourt ducal duchy earl England English Historical Review Evreux exchequer rolls Falaise Farm feudal fiefs fortress French Geoffrey Gisors Glapion granted Guillaume le Maréchal Halphen Henry Historiens de France homage honour Howden Ibid important John's King John king of France King Philip King Richard knights lands letter lord Lusignan Marshal mercenaries military Mortain Norm Norman Vexin officials parage peace Philip Augustus Poitevin Poitou prepositura quod Red Book regis reign Rigord Robert of Torigni royal Scacc seneschal seqq siege Stapleton Statuta et consuetudines surrender Tardif Thouars Tillières Touraine treaty truce twelfth century vassals Vaudreuil Verneuil Vernon viscounty William des Roches William the Breton
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