Henry as a Worker and Born Ruler
Henry as a Worker and Born Ruler Yet beneath the rough exterior and seemingly erratic ways, Henry was no less than his grandfather an indefatigable worker and a born ruler of men.…
His Learning and Love of Reading
His Learning and Love of Reading Henry was to the end of his life the most learned crowned head in Christendom.…
His Accessibility to Subjects
His Accessibility to Subjects Though his habit of withdrawing into private apartments grieved those who remembered his grandfather’s public hours, Henry II was never difficult of…
His Remarkable Memory
His Remarkable Memory Unlike his grandfather Fulk V., who could never remember a face, Henry never failed to recognize a man once seen.…
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The chapter opens with an analysis of Henry II’s moral constitution, drawing comparisons between him and his Angevin predecessors, particularly Fulk Nerra and the earlier Fulk counts of Anjou, noting his strong and lasting passions, his terrifying wrath, and his remarkable capac…
Henry’s Character and Temperament
Henry II’s worst private vices developed fully only in later years, but even early on he was less careful of the outward decorum of his household than his grandfather had been, an…
Henry’s Chief English Ministers
The young king recognized that his Norman counsellors were useless for the work of reconstruction and reform in England and resolved to draw his chief ministers from English sourc…
Theobald and Becket’s Appointment as Chancellor
Under the old English constitutional system, the archbishop of Canterbury was the keeper of the royal conscience and the sovereign’s first adviser.…
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