The Anarchy

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The Anarchy was a mid-12th-century civil war in England and Normandy, marked by a succession crisis and widespread lawlessness during the reign of King Stephen.

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Label Occurrences
The Anarchy canonical 48
The Anarchy in England and Normandy 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
succession crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs the civil war between Stephen and Matilda ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
characterizedBy breakdown of royal authority ⓘ
castle-building boom ⓘ
private warfare among barons ⓘ
widespread lawlessness ⓘ
conflictWith reign of King Stephen ⓘ
linked to: King Stephen
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
chronicles of Henry of Huntingdon ⓘ
chronicles of William of Malmesbury ⓘ
endTime 1154 ⓘ
followedBy reign of Henry II of England ⓘ
follows reign of Henry I of England ⓘ
hasCause disputed succession to the English throne ⓘ
failure of barons to fully accept Empress Matilda ⓘ
usurpation of the throne by Stephen of Blois ⓘ
hasEffect devastation of parts of the English countryside ⓘ
political realignment of English nobility ⓘ
strengthening of Angevin claims to the English throne ⓘ
weakening of centralized royal power in England ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
mainCause succession crisis after the death of Henry I ⓘ
opponent supporters of Empress Matilda ⓘ
supporters of Stephen of Blois ⓘ
participant Empress Matilda ⓘ
English baronage ⓘ
Henry of Anjou ⓘ
House of Anjou ⓘ
House of Blois ⓘ
Norman nobility ⓘ
Robert of Gloucester ⓘ
Stephen of Blois ⓘ
result Treaty of Wallingford ⓘ
accession of Henry II to the English throne ⓘ
recognition of Henry of Anjou as heir to Stephen ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Lincoln (1141) ⓘ
Rout of Winchester (1141) ⓘ
Treaty of Wallingford (1153) ⓘ
Treaty of Winchester (1153) ⓘ
startTime 1135 ⓘ
timePeriod mid-12th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry II of England → conflict → The Anarchy ⓘ
William Adelin → associatedConflict → The Anarchy ⓘ
Stephen, King of England → conflict → The Anarchy ⓘ
Stephen of England → conflict → The Anarchy ⓘ
Empress Matilda → notableEvent → The Anarchy ⓘ
Matilda I of Boulogne → reignDuring → The Anarchy ⓘ
House of Gloucester → involvedIn → The Anarchy ⓘ
One Corpse Too Many → settingEvent → The Anarchy ⓘ
The Leper of Saint Giles → setDuring → The Anarchy ⓘ
The Virgin in the Ice → settingEra → The Anarchy ⓘ
Hugh Beringar → timePeriod → The Anarchy ⓘ
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou → conflict → The Anarchy in England and Normandy ⓘ
linked to: The Anarchy
Stephen of Blois → conflict → The Anarchy ⓘ
siege of Oxford (1142) → conflict → The Anarchy ⓘ
Battle of Lincoln (1141) → conflict → The Anarchy ⓘ
William of Aumale → participatedIn → The Anarchy ⓘ
Robert of Gloucester → participantIn → The Anarchy ⓘ
John Marshal → participatedIn → The Anarchy ⓘ
White Ship disaster → result → The Anarchy ⓘ
White Ship disaster → relatedTo → The Anarchy ⓘ
White Ship → notableConsequence → The Anarchy ⓘ
White Ship → relatedEvent → The Anarchy ⓘ
Historia Novella → subjectMatter → The Anarchy ⓘ
King Stephen → conflict → The Anarchy ⓘ
Earl of Gloucester → participatedIn → The Anarchy ⓘ
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester → playedRoleIn → The Anarchy ⓘ
subject linked to: Earldom of Gloucester
Henry of Blois → conflict → The Anarchy ⓘ
William Dalrymple → notableWork → The Anarchy ⓘ
Henry of Anjou → conflict → The Anarchy ⓘ