ENGLAND UNDER THE ANGEVIN KINGS
VOLUME I
Transcriber’s Note
The cover image was created by the transcriber, and is placed in the public domain.
Please see the note at the end of the book, which is preceded by the Index to Volumes I and II, copied from Volume II.
ENGLAND
UNDER
THE ANGEVIN KINGS
ENGLAND
UNDER
THE ANGEVIN KINGS
BY
KATE NORGATE
IN TWO VOLUMES—VOL. I.
WITH MAPS AND PLANS
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1887
All rights reserved
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
WITH THE DEEPEST REVERENCE AND GRATITUDE
TO THE MEMORY OF
MY DEAR AND HONOURED MASTER
JOHN RICHARD GREEN
PREFACE
This attempt to sketch the history of England under theAngevin kings owes its existence to the master whose name Ihave ventured to place at its beginning. It was undertaken athis suggestion; its progress through those earliest stages whichfor an inexperienced writer are the hardest of all was directedby his counsels, aided by his criticisms, encouraged by hissympathy; and every step in my work during the past elevenyears has but led me to feel more deeply and to prize morehighly the constant help of his teaching and his example.Of the book in its finished state he never saw a page. Forits faults no one is answerable but myself. I can only hopethat, however great may be its errors and its defects, it mayyet shew at least some traces of that influence which is soabidingly precious to me.
I desire respectfully to express my gratitude to the LordBishop of Chester and to Mr. Freeman, who, for the sake ofthe friend who had commended me to their kindness, havebeen good enough to help me with information and adviceon many occasions during my work.
A word of acknowledgement is due for some of themaps and plans. The map of Gaul in the tenth century isfounded upon one in Mr. Freeman’s Norman Conquest. Theviiiplans of Bristol and Lincoln are adapted from those in theProceedings of the Archæological Institute; for Lincoln I wasfurther assisted by the local knowledge kindly placed at mydisposal by the Rev. Precentor Venables. For Oxford I havefollowed the guidance of the Rev. Father F. Goldie, S.J. (ABygone Oxford), and of Mr. J. Parker (Early History ofOxford); and for London, that of its historian the Rev. W. J.Loftie, whom I have especially to thank fo