Great Britain -- History -- Plantagenets, 1154-1399; Plantagenet, House of
Harclay, Sir Andrew, governor of Carlisle, 280;
execution of, 282
Hawisia, daughter of William, Earl Gloucester, 99;
wife of John, 142
Henry I., question of succession at his death, 12;
precautions taken by, 13;
competitors for the succession, 14;
his funeral, 16
Henry II., knighted at Carlisle, 31;
marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, 32;
his arrival in England, 32;
leaves England, 33;
importance attached to his succession, 34;
his youth and education, 35;
his character, 36;
his family policy, 36;
his great position in Christendom, 37;
mismanagement of his children, 38;
his personal appearance, 38;
early reforms of, 39;
his advisers, 41;
coronation of, 42;
disputes regarding the resumption of lands, 43;
surrender of the malcontents, 45;
frequent councils, 45;
second coronation of, 47;
first war against Wales, 49;
visits France, 49;
his foreign possessions, 49;
his relations with his vassals, 50;
his relations to the King of France, 50;
questions of boundary, 52;
personal questions, 52;
his true policy, 52;
crushes his brother Geoffrey’s rebellion, 53;
desists from attacking Toulouse, 53;
his children, 54;
conclusion of peace with Lewis VII., 54;
his legal reforms, 54, 55;
increase of national unity, 57;
his confidence in Thomas Becket, 67;
returns from France, 69;
second war with Wales, 70;
his disputes with Becket, 71-75;
appeal to the ancient customs, 75;
his motives, 76;
exasperated at Becket, 77;
his cruel measures towards Becket, 80;
third war with Wales, 80;
proceedings during the quarrel, 80;
reconciliation with Becket, 83;
perseverance in reform, 85;
training of the people in self-government, 87;
his political object in crowning his son, 90;
applies to the pope on Becket’s death, 91;
his penitence and absolution, 91;
quarrels with his son Henry, 93;
his success against Lewis VII., 95;
in France, 95;
his arrival in England, 96;
his policy, 97;
importance of this struggle, 98;
resumes his schemes, 99;
his visit to England, 100;
his last quarrel, 105;
at war with Philip II., 106;
his flight to Normandy, 107;
his last days, 107;
his death, 109
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