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Volume 7, Numéro 2, Pages 339-353
2018-06-07

The English Cross-channel Possessions Since William The Conqueror To The Deposition Of Edward Ii

Authors : Lataoui Abdelbari .

Abstract

Albeit the Anglo-Saxon England was strife-torn, she never waged outward wars it, rather, only repulsed them. The Norsemen who ransacked the insular Isle plundered France as well. Charles III the Simple (879–929), after incessant encroachments, ceded Rollo (911-27), the Norsemen’s leader, the northern region; now Normandy called after them. William happened to be one of Rollo’s offspring and kin to Edward the Confessor (c.1003-1066) king of England who promised William the throne should he die without issue. Upon his death, Harold Godwinson (1022–1066) usurped the throne. William pervaded England, kill him at Hasting in 1066 and became king of England while a king-duke of a foothold across the Channel as a vassal to the French kings to whom he should pay homage; a thorny issue and source of trouble between the overlord and his vassal. Under the Angevin, Henry II (1152-1199) ruled over half of France, this, however, much annoyed the Capetians, especially Louis VII and his son Philippe Augustus who spared no efforts to retrieve them. What lands did the English enfeoff, then? How did they happen to retain them or lose them since then through the deposition of Edward II?

Keywords

William the Conqueror; Anglo-Norman Realm; Angevin Empire; overseas possessions;Henry II; Philip Augustus; the two Edwards; Saint-Sardos