Henry I was dead and anarchy ensues when Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda fight for the throne.  Yet Stephen's cause would have collapsed into nothing without the efforts of his remarkable wife Matilda of Boulogne - a woman who was peerless in the art of diplomacy and not to be messed with.

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Bibliography

White Ship Disaster (wikipedia)

Empress Matilda (History in an Hour)

County of Boulogne (wikipedia)

Eustace of Boulogne - Matilda's father (wikipedia)

Robert of Gloucester - (englishmonarchs.co.uk)

Battle of the Standard, also known as the Battle of Northallerton (UK Battlefields Trust)

Battle of Lincoln (wikipedia)

I AM NO MAN! (youtube)

Gesta Stephani (wikipedia)

The Rout of Winchester (wikipedia)

 

 

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