Quotes About Henry II

AFFORESTATION  (AFFORESTA'TION)   n.s.[from afforest.] The charter de Foresta was to reform the encroachments made in the time of Richard I. and Henry II. who had made new afforestations, and much extended the rigour of the forest laws.Hales'sCommon Law of England.

There was a time in medieval England when they had wandering minstrels ... A wandering minstrel would have been Frank Sinatra's counterpart had he lived during the time of Henry II in 1190 or 1180.

Change was afoot at court even before the ceremony. A palace revolution began the day after Henry II's death.

Henry II sent for the Duke of Guise, then in Italy, and appointed him lieutenant-general of the kingdom.

Henry II wanted to launch a counterattack, especially against England.

The magnificent jewels Henry II had showered on her were reassigned to Mary

the only women important enough to have them in Henry II's reign were Catherine de Medici and Diane de Poitiers.