Henry II Flashcards
Henry II was coronated at Westminster Abbey on the…
19th December 1154 by Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury
Henry II’s coronation charter addresses all the great men of realm and assured them…
That he would grant all the concessions, gifts, liberties, and freedoms that Henry I had allowed and that he would abolish evil customs
William of Newburgh wrote in his History of English Affairs that when Henry II was coronated…
“Throughout England, the people shouted, “Long live the King”…”
Gerald of Wales described Henry II as…
“…a man of reddish, freckled complexion, with a large, round head, grey eyes that glowed fiercely and grew bloodshot in anger, a fiery countenance and a harsh, cracked voice…” and also that he loved hunting and hawking
The court writer Walter Mapp described Henry II as…
- having a handsome countenance
- easy to approach
- a keen follower of hounds
- showing little mercy to his household
Henry II married Eleanor of Aquitaine in…
1152
Henry II and Eleanor had __ children….
8 children, including Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland
In 1155, Henry II’s plan to conquer Ireland was approved by…
Pope Adrian IV
In 1156 Henry II captured…
Anjou, in France
In 1157 the king of Scotland, Malcolm IV, surrendered…
Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland to Henry II
In the spring of 1158, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine visited Worcester cathedral to…
Place their crowns on the shrine of Wulfstan and vow not to wear them again
In the summer of 1159, Henry II claimed the area around…
Toulouse in the name of his wife, angering King Louis VII
In July 1163 a council was held at Woodstock which saw…
Thomas Becket oppose a plan over the control of payments to sheriffs.
In October 1163, Henry II put forward plans for judicial reform to the council of…
Westminster, which Thomas Becket again opposed
On the 13th October 1163, Henry II moved the body of…
Edward the Confessor
The Constitutions of Clarendon were laid down on the…
30th January 1164
The Constitutions of Clarendon regarded the…
Relationship between the church and the state, which angered Becket even more
In 1165 Eleanor returned to Aquitaine and effectively…
Ended her marriage to Henry II
On the 14th June 1170, Henry II chose to use the archbishop of York for the…
Coronation of his son Henry to insult Thomas Becket in an act that infringed on the rights of the Archbishop of Canterbury
On the 22nd July 1170, Becket and Henry…
Come to an agreement to end their differences
Becket is murdered on the…
29th December 1170 in Canterbury cathedral. Four knights cut the top of his head off and smushed his brain with their boots.
Henry II didn’t find out about Becket’s murder until…
1st January 1171
On the 21st May 1172, Henry II does penance for…
Becket’s murder in the cathedral at Avranches in Normandy
The baronial rebellion lasts between…
1173 - 13th June 1174
On the 7th July 1174, Henry II accepted his part in Becket’s murder and…
Was whipped by monks at Canterbury cathedral
The 1176 Assize of Northhampton built on…
The new criminal justice system previously set out by the constitution of Clarendon
War broke out between England and France in…
The summer of 1188
Henry II died at Chinon on…
6th July 1189 and he was buried in Fontevrault
