Angevin Empire

The Angevin Empire is a modern term applied retrospectively to the lands of Henry II of England, consisting of at their largest extent, the Kingdom of England and duchies or counties of Normandy, Anjou, Poitou, Maine, Gascony, Touraine, Béarn and Aquitaine; with Brittany, Wales, Toulouse, Scotland and Ireland held in vassalage to some degree.

Related Topics:
Henry II of England - England - Normandy - Anjou - Poitou - Maine - Gascony - Touraine - Béarn - Aquitaine - Brittany - Wales - Toulouse - Scotland - Ireland

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It should be noted that this term is not contemporary, and has only come into common usage during the 20th century, the better to reflect changing attitudes towards the time, moving away from a view of an English domination towards a perspective of mutual influences among Henry's possessions. There were no institutions that could be considered imperial, and the union of the disparate territories was purely a personal one, with Henry at the center of a network of kinship ties and feudal obligations

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