Soundtrack from Simon Schama’s
“A History of Britain”,
which included King Henry II’s reign.
Sung by Emma Kirkby and Lucie Skeaping.
Music by John Harle.
Available on YouTube
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Rouen was the Seat of the Exchequer of Normandy during the Middle Ages. It was one of the Capitals of the Anglo-Norman dynasties, which ruled both England and large parts of modern France from the 11th-Century to the 15th-Century.
The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 A.D. Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, between King Charles III of West Francia and Rollo, leader of the Vikings. From 1035 to 1135, it was held by the Norman Kings of England, and then, after fifteen years of government by Stephen of Blois and Geoffrey Plantagenet, it was held by the Angevin Kings of England from 1150 to 1204.
English:
The Church was the tallest building in the World,
from 1876-1880, with a height of 151 metres (496 feet).
Français:
La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen vue du Gros-Horloge.
Photo: 15 February 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: DXR.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Normandy was conquered by King Philip II of France in 1204 and remained disputed territory until the Treaty of Paris of 1259, when the English Sovereigns ceded their claim, except for the Channel Islands.
The Title of “Duke of Normandy” was then sporadically conferred in the Kingdom of France as an honorific, but non-feudal, Title, the last one having been Louis XVII of France from 1785 to 1789.
The Nave,
Rouen Cathedral, France.
Photo: 14 May 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: DXR.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The name Westminster originated from the informal description of the Abbey Church and Royal Peculiar of Saint Peter’s (Westminster Abbey), literally West of the City of London; indeed, until the Reformation, there was a reference to the “East Minster” at Minories (Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate), East of the City; the Abbey was part of the Royal Palace that had been created here by Edward the Confessor.
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