King Henry I
Standard Name: Henry I, King
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Setting | Anna Maria Mackenzie | The story opens in the civil war for the English crown between Stephen
and EmpressMatilda or Maud
. (Mackenzie calls the empress Maud, while for her it is Stephen's wife who is Matilda.) Mackenzie... |
| Textual Features | Henrietta Rouviere Mosse | The first volume packs in many historical or semi-historical events. Earl Godwin
murders Ethelred
's son Alfred Ætheling
at Guildford Castle; Henry I
's only legitimate son and heir dies by drowning in 1120... |
| Textual Production | Ngaio Marsh | NM
published in England another detective novel with upper-class ambience, Surfeit of Lampreys, which had already appeared in the USA under the title Death of a Peer. A lamprey is an eel-like fish... |
Timeline
2 August 1100
1101
Maud
, first wife of Henry I
of England, founded St Giles' Hospital
at St-Giles-in-the-Fields, near London, to care for forty lepers.
1123
St Bartholomew's Hospital
was founded in London by Rahere
, a courtier of Henry I
and canon of St Paul's Cathedral.
December 1135