The end of Angevin Normandy: the revolt at Alençon (1203)

Author: Power, Daniel

Source: Historical Research, Volume 74, Number 186, November 2001 , pp. 444-464(21)

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Abstract:

The surrender of Alençon by the count of Sées to the French in January 1203 was one of the most significant events in the collapse of King John's régime in Normandy, but the sources for the count's rebellion are both meagre and ambiguous. Several less well-known examples are discussed here, and two acts of King John dated by the rebellion are published in full for the first time. Also printed here is a contract between two Norman knights, compiled at Alençon in May 1203 and witnessed by several adherents of Philip Augustus, which sheds important light upon the insurrection at Alençon and the end of Angevin rule in Normandy.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.00137

Affiliations: 1: University of Sheffield

Publication date: 2001-11-01