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Tables of Contents for The Angevin Empire
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of maps
ix
Genealogical table
x
Preface to the Second Edition
xi
Introduction
1
5
The empire with no name
2
4
The making of the Angevin Empire
6
16
France and England in 1150
6
1
The counts of Anjou
7
1
1128: the marriage of Geoffrey and Matilda
8
4
The war of Norman succession
12
5
The crises of 1151-53
17
5
Aggression and expansion, 1156-72
22
12
France
23
1
Flanders
24
1
Brittany
25
1
Scotland
26
1
Wales
26
1
Ireland
27
2
Toulouse
29
1
The end of the Angevin-Capetian accord
30
2
The king's children
32
2
Holding on, 1173-99
34
16
The rebellion of 1173-74 and its aftermath
34
2
Philip II Augustus
36
1
The Old King and Richard
36
4
Richard I: going on Crusade
40
3
The king in captivity
43
3
Recovery: administration, diplomacy and war
46
4
The geography of the empire
50
17
Mapping the Angevin Empire
50
5
Charters, law courts and justice
55
2
English royal revenues 1130-1220
57
2
Other revenues
59
2
The Angevin trading zone
61
6
Government
67
19
King and household
67
2
Central administration
69
3
The itinerant household
72
3
Provincial administration
75
3
Patronage
78
1
Royal and provincial custom
79
3
Cohesion?
82
4
The crisis of the Angevin Empire, 1199-1206
86
17
The war of Angevin succession
86
3
The revolt of the Lusignans, 1201-2
89
3
Defeat on all fronts, 1202-4
92
2
Holding the line, 1205-6
94
1
The causes of defeat
95
8
The end of the empire
103
13
The failure of grand strategy, 1214
103
4
The Capetian invasion of England, 1215-17
107
1
Government without cash: the minority of Henry III
108
2
The loss of La Rochelle
110
6
Conclusion
116
10
A Plantagenet culture? History, myth and architecture
117
2
Dynastic structure
119
7
Further reading
126
13
Index
139