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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
LIST OF MAPS
ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA
INTRODUCTORY NOTE ON AUTHORITIES
XX
I
Chapter I.
THE ANGEVIN EMPIRE.
Scope of the book
Geographical unity of the Empire -
The importance of Tours
The origin and growth of the county of Anjou
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16
Chapter II.
THE COMMON ELEMENTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE ANGEVIN EMPIRE.
Section 1. The diversity in the political condition
and history of the various parts of the empire 23-35
The formulation of local custom
24
Contrast between the position of the count in Anjou
and of the duke in Aquitaine and Gascony - 25
Insistence by Henry II upon the unity of his con-
tinental dominions
33
Section 2. The characteristics of Angevin govern-
ment as illustrated by the history of Anjou
and Aquitaine
35-47
Constitutional development in Anjou. The importance
of the castle and the demesne
35
Anjou in the twelfth century : the functions of the
seneschal, and the judicial supremacy of the
count
37
39
The possibility of Angevin influence upon the rest of
the Empire
The seneschal of Poitou .
The control exercised by the counts of Poitou through
the demesne : the fiscal system of Poitou similar to
that of England and Normandy at the end of the
twelfth century -
The characteristics of Angevin rule seen in Angoulême
after the death of count Ademar in 1202 ;
And in Gascony in the thirteenth century -
Summary
41
43
45
46
Chapter III.
48-60
48
51
THE ADMINISTRATION OF NORMANDY.
Section 1. Feudalism and race in Normandy -
Frankish and Scandinavian elements in Normandy
Later influences upon the Frankish pagi. The demesne
The duke's claim to service the chief principle in
Norman society -
Extension of ducal claims. Feudal legislation
Comparison between the development of England and
Normandy
52
55
60
Section 2. Normandy before the death of Henry I 61-67
The judicial and administrative powers of the Norman
counts and greater vassals
61
The earliest viscounts
63
The demesne
Increase in the administrative power of the duke - 66
64
67–79
67
69
Section 3. Central and local government
The Angevin dukes ·
The seneschal, the castle, and the inquest
The seneschal
The castles and the later bailiwicks : the use of the
terms bailiff, viscount, prepositus
Richard of Ilchester -
Falaise and the Oximin
The forests -
71
73
75
78
Section 4. The administration of justice - 79-93
The continuity of the idea of public justice. The duke
sovereign as well as lord -
80
Judicial development in the eleventh and twelfth
centuries; the court of Exchequer and the inquest - 84
Judicial supervision
88
Formative influences upon Norman law -
90
Notes. A. The Truce of God in Normandy, and
the right of private warfare
93
B. Parage in England and Normandy - 98
C. The Norman bailiwicks
103
Some comments upon the administration of
the bailiwicks
116
Chapter IV.
KING RICHARD AND HIS ALLIES.
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121
Normandy as a dependency
Homage and liege-homage
Feudal relations hardly to be distinguished from alliances 123
The treaty of Messina, March 1191. The Vexin -
126
The consequences of the treaty; Richard's southern allies - 129
Richard as Philip's vassal
131
Philip Augustus and Flanders
132
The consequences of Richard's captivity
- 136
Richard's Rhenish allies
139
Chapter V.
RICHARD I AND NORMANDY.
Section 1. Philip Augustus and John
The loss of the Norman Vexin
Philip's treaty with John, January 1194
143-149
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146
Section 2.
Richard's return
His reconciliation with John
Verneuil and Fréteval
The party of peace in Normandy
149–156
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Section 3. The treaty of Louviers
- 156–166
The influence of the Church
Vaudreuil
Issoudun
Terms of the treaty of Louviers, January 1196
The return of the Norman deserters to Richard
162
Baldwin of Béthune
- 164
Section 4. The renewal of war
- 166–188
Causes alleged for the renewal of war -
166
The archbishop of Rouen and the manor of Andeli
169
Significance of the dispute between the archbishop
and the kings
174
Germany, Flanders and the Papacy
176
Philip isolated -
Arrival of the legate, Peter of Capua
180
The fighting in the valley of the Epte, September 1198 180
Richard and the legate
183
The legate's peace proposals
185
The death of Richard
187
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Chapter VI.
The Loss of NORMANDY.
Section 1. The treaty of Le Goulet -
Effects of Richard's death
Condition of Normandy -
The question of the succession -
The first struggle for the valley of the Loire -
The treaty of Le Goulet -
- 189–205
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200
Section 2. John master of the empire 1199-1202.
His marriage with Isabella of Angoulême - 205-215
Section 3. The condemnation of John - 215-249
The appeal of the house of Lusignan to Philip
215
The renewal of war
Philip in Brai and Caux -
Mirebeau
223
The desertion of William des Roches, the rebellion in
Maine and Brittany, and the loss of Anjou and
Touraine
226
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