_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. [Illustration: MEDIEVAL EUROPE] _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.