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List of Maps and Genealogical Table |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Abbreviations |
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| Introduction: Feudalism, Anarchy, the Baron de Montesquieu and Bishop Stubbs |
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| PART ONE: THE CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR: STEPHEN AS COUNT AND KING, 1113--1139 |
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9 | (96) |
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11 | (19) |
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14 | (3) |
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Stephen and King Henry of England |
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17 | (7) |
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Count Stephen and the Succession to England |
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24 | (6) |
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30 | (20) |
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30 | (5) |
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From Westminster to Oxford: Christmas 1135 to Easter 1136 |
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35 | (7) |
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The Easter court of March 1136 |
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42 | (8) |
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50 | (22) |
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54 | (5) |
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59 | (9) |
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The growth of faction, December 1137 |
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68 | (4) |
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The Summer of Rebellions, 1138 |
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72 | (12) |
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The lions escape the arena |
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74 | (10) |
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Radicalism and Conspiracy |
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84 | (21) |
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The creation of new earls |
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84 | (6) |
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Bishop Henry of Winchester and the new regime |
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90 | (3) |
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The fall of Roger of Salisbury |
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93 | (4) |
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King Stephen's reputation in 1139 |
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97 | (8) |
| PART TWO: THE CIVIL WAR, 1139--1147 |
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105 | (126) |
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107 | (14) |
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The formation of the empress's party in England |
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110 | (4) |
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114 | (6) |
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Appendix - Bungay, the Beaumonts and the Bigods |
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120 | (1) |
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The Ideology of Civil War |
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121 | (12) |
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The debate between the parties |
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121 | (4) |
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The ideology of the `tenurial crisis' |
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125 | (2) |
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The ideology of kinship and `patriarchal' politics |
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127 | (6) |
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133 | (13) |
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Stalemate and peace talks, 1140 |
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133 | (2) |
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Public order and the battle of Lincoln, February 1141 |
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135 | (8) |
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Appendix I - The dating of Regesta iii, no. 178 |
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143 | (1) |
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Appendix II - Encore le chateau de `Galclint' |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (22) |
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Kings, aristocracies and order in England and Normandy |
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147 | (6) |
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Honors, affinities and regional power |
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153 | (2) |
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The consequences of political insecurity and the political order |
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155 | (5) |
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160 | (6) |
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Appendix - The `affinity' in the twelfth century |
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166 | (2) |
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The Failure of the Empress |
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168 | (21) |
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168 | (11) |
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The release of King Stephen |
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179 | (10) |
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The Failure of King Stephen |
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189 | (24) |
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The loss of Normandy, 1141--44 |
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190 | (9) |
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The recapture of Oxford (December 1142) |
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199 | (5) |
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Neutralism, misjudgement and stalemate (1143) |
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204 | (9) |
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213 | (18) |
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Earl Robert and the fight for Gloucester, 1144--47 |
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213 | (9) |
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Stephen, his new men and his earls, 1142--47 |
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222 | (3) |
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King Stephen and Earl Ranulf of Chester, 1144--47 |
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225 | (6) |
| PART THREE: SETTLING THE KINGDOM, 1147--1154 |
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231 | (62) |
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War, Peace and the Magnates, 1147--1152 |
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233 | (22) |
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234 | (5) |
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The departure of the empress and the cause of Duke Henry, 1148--50 |
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239 | (6) |
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Stephen, Count Eustace and the Church |
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245 | (2) |
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The fight for Normandy, 1150--52 |
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247 | (6) |
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Appendix - The Date of the Chester-Leicester Conventio |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (38) |
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262 | (8) |
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The peace settlement of 1153 |
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270 | (10) |
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280 | (5) |
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285 | (4) |
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Appendix I - The date of the Worcester campaigns, 1150--51 |
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289 | (1) |
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Appendix II - What happened at Siston, 1138--53 |
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290 | (3) |
| PART FOUR: THE IMPACT OF STEPHEN'S REIGN |
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293 | (50) |
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295 | (25) |
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Did Stephen have a policy towards the Church? |
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296 | (2) |
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The significance of the Oxford charter of 1136 |
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298 | (2) |
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Elections and appointments |
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300 | (6) |
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306 | (2) |
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308 | (3) |
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311 | (3) |
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The spirituality of the King and queen |
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314 | (6) |
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320 | (20) |
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321 | (4) |
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325 | (2) |
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327 | (2) |
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329 | (2) |
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331 | (2) |
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333 | (3) |
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336 | (4) |
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340 | (3) |
| Select Bibliography |
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343 | (11) |
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343 | (4) |
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347 | (7) |
| Maps |
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354 | (2) |
| Genealogical Table |
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356 | (1) |
| Index |
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