The EarlEngland's political and social fabric is rotting as two rivals to the throne, King Stephen and the young Henry Plantagent, tear the country apart in civil war. |
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... barons , securing the succession firmly on Matilda and her heirs . Late in the following year , Henry I ate a dish of lampreys , always chancy in those times , and died of acute indigestion . Matilda was in Anjou . Her obvious rivals ...
... barons , securing the succession firmly on Matilda and her heirs . Late in the following year , Henry I ate a dish of lampreys , always chancy in those times , and died of acute indigestion . Matilda was in Anjou . Her obvious rivals ...
Page viii
... barons to fatten at the expense of both rivals . The civil war itself masked the existence of many smaller conflicts fought between baron and baron or baron and people , and in their endless pursuit of each other , the two royal rivals ...
... barons to fatten at the expense of both rivals . The civil war itself masked the existence of many smaller conflicts fought between baron and baron or baron and people , and in their endless pursuit of each other , the two royal rivals ...
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... barons to make the empress their queen , after her father King Henry's death , had been her second marriage to the Count of Anjou . They walked up the steps and faced the sentries before the door into the great hall . " If you please ...
... barons to make the empress their queen , after her father King Henry's death , had been her second marriage to the Count of Anjou . They walked up the steps and faced the sentries before the door into the great hall . " If you please ...
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