one of its concessions, each added authority. So that we may fairly
figure that, from this time, trade becomes as important as war. Gold
begins to seem to men not only more attractive, but more powerful than
iron. The age of brute strength has passed; the age of schemes and
subtle policies begun. The merchant dominates the knight.


[FOR THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS GENERAL SURVEY SEE VOLUME VII.]





ARCHIEPISCOPATE OF THOMAS BECKET

HIS DEFENCE OF ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION: HIS ASSASSINATION

A.D. 1162-1170

JOHN LINGARD


Henry II, son of the empress Matilda of Germany by her
second husband, Geoffrey of Anjou, ascended the throne of
England on the death of his uncle Stephen, the usurper, and
was the first king of that Plantagenet line which ruled
England for over three centuries.

Henry was crowned at Westminster on December 19, 1154, by
Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury. Theobald by his