Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . and from his name, Henry and hisdescendants are called the Angevins. Another name, ornickname, that of Plantagenet, was given them becauseGeoffrey was accustomed to wear inhis cap a sprig of the yellow-blossomed broom plant, whoseFrench name is plante-genet. WhenHenry came to the throne, he ruledover more territory than any pre-vious king of England. He hadreceived wide domains in Francefrom his father and his mother andwith his wife; and as these ter
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . and from his name, Henry and hisdescendants are called the Angevins. Another name, ornickname, that of Plantagenet, was given them becauseGeoffrey was accustomed to wear inhis cap a sprig of the yellow-blossomed broom plant, whoseFrench name is plante-genet. WhenHenry came to the throne, he ruledover more territory than any pre-vious king of England. He hadreceived wide domains in Francefrom his father and his mother andwith his wife; and as these terri-tories were close together, the wholewestern half of that country wasunder his control, in addition to allof England. When Stephen died, Henry was in Normandy, and itwas six weeks before the people had a chance to seetheir new ruler. When they did see him, they were wellpleased. He was young, brave and determined. His bodywas like iron, and he could bear any amount of was a hard undertaking to bring order to the king-dom after years of lawlessness, but Henry set about hiatask resolutely at the very beginning of his reign. 53. Henry II 54 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1154-89 49. Henrys reforms. — England was in a wretchedcondition. During the reign of Stephen, as has been said,the barons, in disregard of the law, had built for them-selves castles, and, securely protected by the strongwalls, had cruelly oppressed the people. As Henry wasdetermined to make all men obey the law, the first thingfor him to do was to tear down these castles; and tearthem down he did, several hundred of them. Without acastle, a baron had very little more power than any other rich man; thepeople rejoiced whenthey saw the forces ofthe king demolishing thestrongholds that hadcaused so much suffer-ing, and letting thelight and air into thehorrible dungeons whereprisoners had enduredsuch agonies. Other reforms wereintroduced by Henryto lessen the power ofthe barons. Under thefeudal system, everyman w
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