The British nation a history / by George MWrong . oken up, andEngland fell into so cruel an anarchy thatpious minds feared that Christ and his saints were one, it was said, did what was wrong in his ownThe terrible eyes. To realize the state of the countrydisorder of the is to understand the horrors of baronial dis-*™® order. Eobber barons built hundreds of adulterine castles, where they were safe, for the militaryskill of the time wasalmost helpless againstsuch strongholds. Theyplundered the helplesspeasantry and inventednew tortures to forceconcealed treasuresfrom their victims.
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . oken up, andEngland fell into so cruel an anarchy thatpious minds feared that Christ and his saints were one, it was said, did what was wrong in his ownThe terrible eyes. To realize the state of the countrydisorder of the is to understand the horrors of baronial dis-*™® order. Eobber barons built hundreds of adulterine castles, where they were safe, for the militaryskill of the time wasalmost helpless againstsuch strongholds. Theyplundered the helplesspeasantry and inventednew tortures to forceconcealed treasuresfrom their , Winches-ter, Lincoln, and othertowns were burned orsacked. The plunder-ers destroyed even thecrops in the might go, saysa writer of the time, a days journey andnot find an inhabitedvillage or an acre oftilled land. The disorder lasted in varying degree for nearlyseventeen years, and Stephen was growing old when hisson Eustace, for whose interests he had been working,died. Thus was removed the last obstacle to compromise. PORCHESTER CaSTLE, BUILT ABOUT 1150. Note the few windows, to lessen danger fromattack. 92 THE BRITISH NATION with Matilda, and Stephen accepted Matildas son Henryas his heir. In this year, writes an annalist in 1154,The construct- P^sscd away King Stephen to the place toive forces of wliicli liis dcscrts led. The writer showst epeno . ^^^q r^ge of the time against a bad ruler. Yet Stephens reign was not wholly fruitless. Misfortuneis the Churchs opportunity, and in those years her powergrew. She alone could offer a secure haven amid the pre-vailing anarchy, and one hundred and nineteen monas-teries were built during the reign. While the functions of the state were para-lyzed, she held her syn-ods and kept up herown discipline. Itwas, too, in the law-less days of Stephenthat Vacarius camefrom Italy to Englandto lecture upon lawand to teach new con-ceptions of order. KY II. DICATED BY SHADING.)
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