König Heinrich II. von England treffen mit König Ludwig VII. von Frankreich, in der Ebene in der Nähe von Gisors, Normandie, Frankreich 1173. Friedensverhandlungen während des großen Aufstandes, einen Aufstand der ältesten Söhne von Heinrich I., unterstützt von Louis VII.
2749 x 3537 px | 23,3 x 29,9 cm | 9,2 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
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1896
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Illustration by Frederick Gilbert (1827-1902) from Cassell's illustrated history of England published circa 1896. Info from wiki: In 1173 Henry faced the Great Revolt, an uprising by his eldest sons and rebellious barons, supported by France, Scotland and Flanders. The final straw was Henry's decision to give his youngest son John three major castles belonging to Young Henry, who first protested and then fled to Paris, followed by his brothers Richard and Geoffrey; Eleanor attempted to join them but was captured by Henry's forces in November.[281] Louis supported Young Henry and war became imminent. In May 1173 Louis and the Young King probed the defences of the Vexin, the main route to the Norman capital, Rouen; armies invaded from Flanders and Blois, attempting a pincer movement, while rebels from Brittany invaded from the west. Henry secretly travelled back to England to order an offensive on the rebels, and on his return counter-attacked Louis's army, massacring many of them and pushing them back across the border.[289] An army was dispatched to drive back the Brittany rebels, whom Henry then pursued, surprised and captured.[290] Henry offered to negotiate with his sons, but these discussions at Gisors soon broke down. Louis also encouraged Plantagenet disunity by making Henry's sons, rather than Henry himself, the feudal overlords of the Angevin territories in France. But the rivalry among Henry's sons and Louis's own indecisiveness broke up the coalition (1173–1174) between them. Finally, in 1177, the pope intervened to bring the two kings to terms at Vitry-le-François.
