When I wrote my recent post King Henry II I added to it, almost as an afterthought, an image of the painting of the King and his family ...

Today is the 830th anniversary of the death at Martel near Limoges of Henry the Young King, the eldest of the sons of King Henry II and Que...

Depending on whether one follows his younger contemporary Roger of Hovedon who assigns his death to November 22nd or Thomas Stubbs in the f...