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what was the name of the truce reached between Stephen and David of Scotland in 1135?

Durham

who managed to force the Scots to submit to a longer-term truce in 1139

Thurstan of York

whose family turned against Stephen in 1139?

Roger of Salisbury

who rose up against Stephen in the north?

Ranulf of Chester

where was Stephen decisively defeated and captured in January 1141?

Lincoln

where did Matilda importantly fail to capture?

London

when was the peak of the Anarchy?

1142-1148

the loss of which territory meant Stephen could not gather enough support to strike a decisive blow against Matilda?

Normandy

who died during Henry of Anjou’s decisive visit to and campaign in England in 1153?

Eustace of Blois

what was the name of the decisive treaty struck between Henry of Anjou and Stephen in 1153?

Treaty of Wallingford

from what lineage did Stephen’s wife, Matilda, come from?

Anglo-Saxon

who did NOT support Stephen’s claim to the throne?

Geoffrey of Anjou

which city’s support was particularly important to Stephen?

London

what was Stephen’s relationship to William I?

grandson

when has Stephen received the majority of his lands via patronage from Henry I?

1106

what was the name of Stephen’s territory in Normandy?

Mortain

which two lordships was Stephen granted in England?

Lancaster and Eye

when had Stephen married his wife Matilda, niece of the late English queen?

1125

who gave up their claim to the throne quickly after realising they did not have the church’s support?

Robert of Gloucester

where was an embassy sent to obtain ecclesiastical support for Stephen?

Rome

where were Stephen’s unpopular mercenaries from?

Flanders

who did Stephen leave in Normandy to look after his affairs?

Robert of Gloucester

who became increasingly influential after Robert of Gloucester began to support Matilda?

Waleran of Meulan

poor treatment of who led to Stephen losing the support of the church?

Roger of Salisbury

when did Stephen attempt to arrange a marriage between Eustace and Louis VI’s daughter?

1139

in January 1136, who led the Welsh uprising against Stephen?

Lord of Brycheoning

what was the name of the deeply unpopular mercenary captain?

William of Ypres

the execution of which garrison in 1138 earned Stephen a brutal reputation?

Shrewsbury

whose gains did Stephen completely undo in Northern England and Scotland?

William Rufus II

where was the core of Angevin rebellion centred on in England?

Herefordshire

what fraction of England was controlled by Ranulf of Chester?

1/3

where did Stephen miss an opportunity to take care of Empress Matilda decisively?

Arundel

where did queen Matilda defeat empress Matilda, forcing her to flee?

Winchester

which vital earldom did Stephen lose control of after Waleran Beaumont left to go on the Second Crusade?

Worcestershire

roughly how many new earldoms did Stephen create?

12

loss of control of the mines and mints in what area led to a rival coinage being created by David of Scotland?

Cumbria

which castle did Stephen have to relinquish for William Martel’s ransom in 1143?

Sherborne

when did Robert of Gloucester die, forcing empress Matilda to return to Normandy?

1147

which territory did Eustace receive when he came of age?

Boulogne

who provided the strongest obstacle to Stephen’s efforts to have Eustace crowned before Stephen’s death?

the church

what was the name of the pope who refused to give assent to Stephen’s proposals?

Eugenius III

what was the name of the type of succession that Stephen tried to organise?

anticipatory

where did Eustace come within 20 miles of capturing in 1151?

Rouen

which territory did Henry acquire a claim to in 1152?

Aquitaine

who died in 1153, ending Stephen’s hopes to control the succession?

Eustace

where did the final military campaign between Henry and Stephen take place?

Wallingford

what was the name of the agreement signed between Stephen and Henry, securing a peaceful succession for Henry to the throne?

Treaty of Winchester

which garrison did Stephen negotiate a surrender with?

Oxford

who else had found great success negotiating with garrisons to persuade them to surrender?

Henry I

on which front was Stephen not fighting primarily?

Brittany

what relationships did Stephen’s military strategy rely on?

English barons

where did Stephen not retake a castle following 1141?

Durham

how much did the siege of Exeter in 1136 cost?

£10,000

what fraction of Stephen’s annual income was the cost of the 1136 siege of Exeter?

1/3

when did Stephen’s financial hardship peak?

1140

when did Stephen’s policy of earldom creation begin?

1138

how many earldoms did Stephen create between 1138 and 1140?

12

which baron wasn’t a provincial governor?

Robert of Gloucester

which family represented Stephen’s interests most strongly in Normandy?

Meulan

which family held the most power and influence within England?

Beaumont

compared to the 1500 charters issued during Henry I’s reign, how many did Stephen issue in half the time?

730

what percentage of issued charters came from Stephen’s inner zone?

74%

aside from London, where else did Stephen maintain control of minting new coinage?

Colchester

when did justices Richard de Lucy and William Martel begin to run Stephen’s inner zone?

1150

from which archdiocese did Stephen receive the revenue from in 1148?

York

approximately how many magnates were there during Stephen’s reign?

50

out of the magnates, how many did not recognise Stephen as king in 1135?

1

what was the name of the magnate who refused to recognise Stephen?

Baldwin de Redvers

when did Stephen lose the support of most magnates?

1141

who did Stephen arrest in 1143?

Geoffrey de Mandeville

when did Stephen arrest Ranulf of Chester?

1146

who were Stephen’s closest political allies after 1141?

the lesser nobility

which baronial agreement sought to limit violence and disruption? (and when?)

Chester-Leicester agreement (1150)

where did the magnates demonstrate most clearly that they valued peace and stability?

Battle of Wallingford

who convinced the Archbishop of Canterbury to consecrate Stephen?

Henry of Winchester

when did Stephen make many promises to the English church?

1136

by the end of Henry I’s reign, what fraction of bishops were royal clerks?

1/2

during Stephen’s reign, how many bishops had been royal clerks?

1/19

who was the papal legate who presided over the 1138 council of Westminster?

Alberic of Ostia

how many bishops attended the second Lateran council?

5

who did Stephen eventually manage to appoint to the archdiocese of York?

William FitzHerbert

who did Pope Eugenius replace William FitzHerbert with for a short period?

Henry Murdac

what was the name of Stephen’s first candidate for the diocese of Durham?

William Cumin

who was the Archbishop of Canterbury who refused to consecrate Eustace as Stephen’s legitimate successor?

Theobald

which religious document clarified and unified canon law during the 12th century?

Gratian’s Decretals

when did Gratian’s Decretals begin to circulate in England?

1150

what percentage of religious houses suffered losses during Stephen’s reign?

10%

what word was shared in the name of both movements designed to reduce lay violence?

god

which monastic movement expanded significantly in the north of England?

Cistercians

compared to the 51 royal mints under Henry I, how many were left by the end of Stephen’s reign?

24

which pair of bishops secured and helped to uphold the peace agreement between the earls of Chester and Leicester?

Lincoln and Coventry

how many conventions (peace agreements) were secured by bishops during Stephen’s reign?

20

out of 34 appointments to bishoprics during Stephen’s reign, how many were monks?

12

14 of the 34 appointments to bishoprics were freely elected; how many did Theobald help secure from 1143-1154?

6

how many royal writs did Stephen witness during his 22 years as a baron?

14

what was the name of Roger of Salisbury’s illegitimate son who became chancellor at the start of Stephen’s reign?

Roger the Pauper

who became the royal treasurer?

Athelelm

who succeeded Roger the Pauper as chancellor?

Phillip de Harcourt

who was the final chancellor in Stephen’s reign?

Robert de Grant

what percentage of the royal household, chancery and treasury left after Roger of Salisbury’s fall?

1/2