Ontario High School History of England . had seen the danger and, tocheck Philip, had built the great Chateau (i r Gaillard,the Saucy Castle on the Seine,blocking the way from Paris to the Nor-man capital, Rouen. This strong castleavailed little, however, when Philip ap-pealed to the Normans against John asa murderer. He attacked Chateau Gail-lard, which fell after a terrible seemed dazed before this menaceand struck scarcely a blow. In 1204,the tie between England and Normandywas broken, and that land, with Anjou,the home of Johns race, and all that heheld in northern F
Ontario High School History of England . had seen the danger and, tocheck Philip, had built the great Chateau (i r Gaillard,the Saucy Castle on the Seine,blocking the way from Paris to the Nor-man capital, Rouen. This strong castleavailed little, however, when Philip ap-pealed to the Normans against John asa murderer. He attacked Chateau Gail-lard, which fell after a terrible seemed dazed before this menaceand struck scarcely a blow. In 1204,the tie between England and Normandywas broken, and that land, with Anjou,the home of Johns race, and all that heheld in northern France, passed out of hishands. John still held Aquitaine in southern France, andfor more than two hundred years longer it was ruled byhis house. The break with Normandy was final and meantmuch to England. English barons often had lands in Nor-mandy also. Now they were forced to choose betweenNormandy and England, and those who remained Englishowed their country undivided service. .. Excommunication of John, 1309.—John tried to recover. King JohnFrom his tomb. 86 HISTORY OF ENGLAND his lost territory, but wholly failed. With blind folly hesoon roused English anger against himself by his lawlessdeeds. He imprisoned innocent men, banished otherswithout trial, ravaged their lands, and levied intolerabletaxes. He sold justice in his courts. He used his legalright to the wardship of heirs, who were minors, in orderto sell the custody of their property to the highest bidders; he sold, also, the rightto marry heiresses andwidows of w^hom he wasthe guardian (see p. 57).After John had arousedthe barons^ his folly ledhim to quarrel with thechurch. Hubert Walterdied in 1205, and thisleft vacant the ofhce ofArchbishop of Canter-bury. Since the arch-bishop was always abbotof the monastery ofChrist Church, Canter-bury, it was the practicefor the monks to elect asabbot a person chosen bythe king, after consultingthe bishops of the pro-vince, and this personbecame archbishop. Now, however, th
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