Pedigree of Herbert of Vermandois
The pedigree of Herbert of Vermandois is presented in genealogical form: Herbert had Liutgard, who married Theobald the Trickster (producing Emma, who married William Fierabras of…
Spiritual Affinity
A further possibility of spiritual affinity exists: Agnes’s younger son bore the dual names Guy and Geoffrey, raising the speculation that he may have been baptized “Geoffrey” and…
第四章
Chapter IV opens the period 1044–1128, framed by the contrast between the personality-centred history of Anjou under Fulk the Black and the new era whose interest lies in the drama itself rather than its actors.…
ANJOU AND NORMANDY
This section establishes the geographic and dynastic backdrop of the Anjou–Normandy conflict, with Le Mans and the county of Maine at its centre.…
1044–1128
The period 1044–1128 is defined by Geoffrey Martel’s meteoric ascent and the strategic miscalculation that finally brought him against Duke William of Normandy.…
第四章
The chapter returns to its overarching theme: the Anjou–Normandy struggle that would dominate the next phase of the eleventh century.…
第四章
Chapter IV spans roughly 1048 to 1061 and traces the long, momentous Angevin feud with Normandy, the reversal of King Henry I of France’s policy, the eventual 1058 invasion and defeat at Varaville, the deaths of both King Henry and Geoffrey Martel, and the swift dissolution of A…
Siege of Domfront (1048)
In autumn 1048 Duke William set out to dislodge an intruder from Domfront, a formidable rock-top fortress garrisoned by Bellême moss-troopers reinforced by Angevin soldiers.…
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