He lived like a recluse, reluctant to see any of the few supporters that still remained to him. He warned Waters (now his principal channel of communication with the outside world) that he was not prepared to discuss Clementina with envoys from England unless they brought incontrovertible proof t...
Logic pointed to an expedition to Poitou, since Eleanor of Aquitaine’s death in 1204 removed the legal obstacle to Philip’s expansion in that direction. Sure enough, once he had mopped up in Normandy, Philip sent William des Roches on the invasion of Poitou with a strong army of mercenaries under...