Chapter I: Front Matter

_EPOCHS of MODERN HISTORY_

EDITED BY

EDWARD E. MORRIS, M.A., J. SURTEES PHILLPOTTS
B.C.L. AND
C. COLBECK M.A.

_THE EARLY PLANTAGENETS_

W. STUBBS, M.A.

EPOCHS OF ANCIENT HISTORY.

Edited by Rev. G. W. COX and CHARLES SANKEY, M. A. Eleven volumes,
16mo, with 41 Maps and Plans. Price per vol., $1.00. The set,
Roxburgh style, gilt top, in box, $11.00.

=TROY--ITS LEGEND, HISTORY, AND LITERATURE.= By S. G. W. Benjamin
=THE GREEKS AND THE PERSIANS.= By G. W. Cox.
=THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE.= By G. W. Cox.
=THE SPARTAN AND THEBAN SUPREMACIES.= By Charles Sankey.
=THE MACEDONIAN EMPIRE.= By A. M. Curteis.
=EARLY ROME.= By W. Ihne.
=ROME AND CARTHAGE.= By R. Bosworth Smith.
=THE GRACCHI, MARIUS, AND SULLA.= By A. H. Beesley.
=THE ROMAN TRIUMVIRATES.= By Charles Merivale.
=THE EARLY EMPIRE.= By W. Wolfe Capes.
=THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES.= By W. Wolfe Capes.

EPOCHS OF MODERN HISTORY.

Edited by EDWARD E. MORRIS. Eighteen volumes, 16mo, with 77 Maps,
Plans, and Tables. Price per vol., $1.00. The set, Roxburgh style,
gilt top, in box, $18.00.

=THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE AGES.= By R. W. Church.
=THE NORMANS IN EUROPE.= By A. H. Johnson.
=THE CRUSADES.= By G. W. Cox.
=THE EARLY PLANTAGENETS.= By Wm. Stubbs.
=EDWARD III.= By W. Warburton.
=THE HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORK.= By James Gairdner.
=THE ERA OF THE PROTESTANT REVOLUTION.= By Frederic Seebohm.
=THE EARLY TUDORS.= By C. E. Moberly.
=THE AGE OF ELIZABETH.= By M. Creighton.
=THE THIRTY YEARS WAR, 1618-1648.= By S. R. Gardiner.
=THE PURITAN REVOLUTION.= By S. R. Gardiner.
=THE FALL OF THE STUARTS.= By Edward Hale.
=THE ENGLISH RESTORATION AND LOUIS XIV.= By Osmond Airy.
=THE AGE OF ANNE.= By Edward E. Morris.
=THE EARLY HANOVERIANS.= By Edward E. Morris.
=FREDERICK THE GREAT.= By F. W. Longman.
=THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND FIRST EMPIRE.= By W. O’Connor Morris.
Appendix by Andrew D. White.
=THE EPOCH OF REFORM.= 1830-1850. By Justin McCarthy.

_Epochs of Modern History_

THE

EARLY PLANTAGENETS

BY

WILLIAM STUBBS, M.A.

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

WITH TWO MAPS

NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS,
1900.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION.

Importance of the Epoch--Its character in French and German
History--In English History--Geographical
Summary--Italy--Germany--France--Spain _Page_ 1

CHAPTER II.

STEPHEN AND MATILDA.

Accession of Stephen--Arrest of the
Bishops--Election of Matilda--The
Anarchy--The Pacification 11

CHAPTER III.

THE EARLY YEARS OF HENRY II.

Terms of Henry’s accession--His character--His early
reforms--His relations with France--War of Toulouse--Summary of
nine years’ work 34

CHAPTER IV.

HENRY II. AND THOMAS BECKET.

The English Church--Schools of Clergy--Rise of Becket--Quarrel
with the King--Exile--Death 58

CHAPTER V.

THE LATTER YEARS OF HENRY II.

Continued Reforms--Revolt of 1173-1174--Renewed industry of
Henry--His later years--Quarrel with Richard--Fall and
death 85

CHAPTER VI.

RICHARD CŒUR DE LION.

Character of the Reign--Richard’s first visit to England--His
character--The Crusade--Fall of Longchamp--Richard’s second
visit--His struggle with Philip--His death 110

CHAPTER VII.

JOHN.

John’s succession--Arthur’s claims--Loss of Normandy--Quarrel
with the Church--Submission to the Pope--Quarrel with the
Barons--The Great Charter and its consequences--Arrival of
Lewis--John’s death 136

CHAPTER VIII.

HENRY III.

Character of Henry--Administration of William Marshall--Hubert
de Burgh--Henry his own minister--Foreign favorites--General
misgovernment--Papal intrigue and taxation 161

CHAPTER IX.

SIMON DE MONTFORT.

Delay of the Crisis--Simon de Montfort--Parliament of
1258--Provisions of Oxford--Political troubles--Award of St.
Lewis--Battle of Lewes--Baronial government--Battle of
Evesham--Closing years 189

CHAPTER X.

EDWARD I.

Position and character of Edward--The Crusade--The accession--The
conquest of Wales--Edward’s legal reforms--Financial
system--Growth of Parliament 212

CHAPTER XI.

THE CONFIRMATION OF THE CHARTERS.

Punishment of the Judges--Banishment of the Jews--Scottish
succession--The French quarrel--The Ecclesiastical quarrel--The
Constitutional crisis--The Confirmation of the
Charters--Parliament of Lincoln--Its sequel--War of Scottish
Independence--Edward’s death 238

CHAPTER XII.

EDWARD II.

Character of Edward II.--Piers Gaveston--The Ordinances--Thomas
of Lancaster--The Despensers--The King’s ruin and
death 263

INDEX 291

MAPS.

MEDIEVAL EUROPE _To face Title_

ENGLAND AND FRANCE (1152-1327) ” _p._ 34

THE

EARLY PLANTAGENETS.