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Anarchy in the Waste Land

Following the death of Henry I, England was plunged into a civil war that reduced the country to a charred ruin. With the barons split between rival claimants, the people suffered.

Catherine Hanley | Published in History Today Volume 73 Issue 6 June 2023

Stephen (left) and Henry II, from Les Roys de Engeltere, Anglo-Norman manuscript, late 13th century.
Stephen (left) and Henry II, from Les Roys de Engeltere, Anglo-Norman manuscript, late 13th century. © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images

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