The Historical Geography of Europe, Vol. I, TextFreeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)

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The Historical Geography of Europe, Vol. I, Text

Name: The Historical Geography of Europe, Vol. I, Text
Author: Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)

Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)

Europe -- Historical geography

In the course of the twelfth century a power grew up within the
bounds of the Western Kingdom which in extent of territory threw the
dominions of the French King into insignificance. The two great powers
of northern and southern Gaul, Normandy and Aquitaine, each carrying
with it a crowd of smaller states, were united in the hands of a
single prince, and that a prince who was also the king of a powerful
foreign kingdom. The Aquitanian duchy contained, besides the county of
_Poitou_, a number of fiefs, of which the most important were those of
_Perigueux_, _Limoges_, the dauphiny of _Auvergne_, and the county of
_Marche_ which gave kings to Jerusalem and Cyprus. ♦Union of Aquitaine
and Gascony. 1052.♦ To these, in the eleventh century, the duchy of
_Gascony_, with its subordinate fiefs, was added, and the dominions
of the lord of Poitiers stretched to the Pyrenees. ♦Conquests of
William of Normandy. Ponthieu. 1056. | Domfront. 1049. | Maine. 1063.♦
Meanwhile Duke William of Normandy, before his conquest of England, had
increased his continental dominions, by acquiring the superiority of
_Ponthieu_ and the immediate dominion, first of the small district of
_Domfront_ and then of the whole of _Maine_. Maine was presently lost
by his successor, and passed in the end to the house of Anjou. ♦Union
of Maine and Anjou. 1110.♦ But the union of several lines in descent
in the same person united England, Normandy, Anjou, and Maine in the
person of Henry the Second.

♦Dominions of Henry the Second.♦

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The Historical Geography of Europe, Vol. I, TextFreeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)

History

The Historical Geography of Europe, Vol. I, Text

Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)

Europe -- Historical geography

In the course of the twelfth century a power grew up within the
bounds of the Western Kingdom which in extent of territory threw the
dominions of the French King into insignificance. The two great powers
of northern and southern Gaul, Normandy and Aquitaine, each carrying
with it a crowd of smaller states, were united in the hands of a
single prince, and that a prince who was also the king of a powerful
foreign kingdom. The Aquitanian duchy contained, besides the county of
_Poitou_, a number of fiefs, of which the most important were those of
_Perigueux_, _Limoges_, the dauphiny of _Auvergne_, and the county of
_Marche_ which gave kings to Jerusalem and Cyprus. ♦Union of Aquitaine
and Gascony. 1052.♦ To these, in the eleventh century, the duchy of
_Gascony_, with its subordinate fiefs, was added, and the dominions
of the lord of Poitiers stretched to the Pyrenees. ♦Conquests of
William of Normandy. Ponthieu. 1056. | Domfront. 1049. | Maine. 1063.♦
Meanwhile Duke William of Normandy, before his conquest of England, had
increased his continental dominions, by acquiring the superiority of
_Ponthieu_ and the immediate dominion, first of the small district of
_Domfront_ and then of the whole of _Maine_. Maine was presently lost
by his successor, and passed in the end to the house of Anjou. ♦Union
of Maine and Anjou. 1110.♦ But the union of several lines in descent
in the same person united England, Normandy, Anjou, and Maine in the
person of Henry the Second.

♦Dominions of Henry the Second.♦

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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