The Peace and Marriage of 1119
The following year brought Henry an almost unbroken series of reverses, and in 1119 he was compelled to seek peace with Fulk.…
The Battle of Brénneville
Louis assembled his forces at Etampes and marched on Normandy, meeting Henry on the plain of Brénneville between Noyon and Andely.…
Fulk’s Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
Reconciled to his neighbours, Fulk desired by penance to be reconciled to God and, in a move that seemed to repeat the story of Fulk Nerra, set out on pilgrimage to Jerusalem.…
The Wreck of the White Ship
Before Fulk reached home, those forebodings were fulfilled: on 25 November 1120, the promising treaty was scattered to the winds by the death of William the Ætheling in the wreck…
第四章
CHAPTER IV. surveys the political crisis that engulfed Henry I of England following the 1120 White Ship disaster, tracing the struggle over the Anglo-Norman succession between the king’s surviving daughter Matilda and his nephew William the Clito, the rival claims of Anjou and F…
The Wreck of the White Ship
In November 1120 the White Ship was wrecked with the loss of Henry I’s only legitimate son, the Ætheling William, and with him perished all the king’s hopes for a settled successi…
Henry’s Political Peril After His Son’s Death
Henry’s personal grief was equalled by his political peril: with the Ætheling dead, his entire strategy of uniting the insular and continental dominions under a single heir collap…
The Succession Question: Ætheling versus Clito
The succession question now narrowed to a contest between Henry’s daughter Matilda and his brother’s son William the Clito.…
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