The Use of Vegetius’s De Re Militari
While seeking counsel in his books for a method of breaking the defenders’ nightly repairs, Geoffrey took up Vegetius Renatus’s De Re Militari, the standard work on military eng…
Gerald’s Surrender and the Reduction of Montreuil
Gerald’s spirit broken at last, he came forth with his family and garrison “like serpents crawling out of a cave,” as a hostile chronicler recorded, and surrendered unconditionall…
The Truce Along the Seine
The count of Anjou now moved northward to aid his son against the French king. With the help of a brother of his old ally William Talvas, Geoffrey gained possession of La Nue, a c…
Suger’s Mediation for an Angevin Alliance
The ostensible cause of the dispute was Geoffrey’s treatment of Gerald of Montreuil, whose harsh imprisonment of Gerald and his entire family drew the Pope’s anathema upon him, th…
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CHAPTER VIII. This chapter covers the period surrounding Geoffrey of Anjou’s death, Henry’s securing of Normandy through his father’s peace with Louis VII, the divorce of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry’s marriage to Eleanor, and the subsequent military and political c…
The Paris Peace Assembly and Geoffrey’s Change of Heart
A peace assembly was held in Paris once Louis VII had sufficiently recovered from his illness.…
Geoffrey’s Final Days and Death
Geoffrey, just entering his thirty-ninth year, reflected that there was no brilliant opening for him now that his work in the west was done.…
Stephen’s Attempt to Crown Eustace
Stephen could not emulate Geoffrey’s example of abdication, since his kingdom was not a mere fief to be transferred by ceremony and the anointed king of England could not easily y…
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