by which he conquered and held Normandy as completely as William, Duke
of Normandy, had conquered England forty years before. The King
carried his brother captive to Wales, and kept him in prison during
his life in Cardiff Castle. This ended the contest with the nobles.

[1] Tinchebrai, Normandy, in the region west of Caen and Avranches.
(See map facing p. 54.)

By his uprightness, his decision, his courage, and by his organization
of better courts of law (S147), Henry fairly won the honorable title
of the "Lion of Justice"; for the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" says, "No
man durst misdo against another in his time."[2]

[2] See, too, the Summary of Constitutional History in the Appendix,
p. vi, S7.

138. Summary.

The three leading points of Henry I's reign are: (1) the
self-limitation of the royal power embodied in his Charter of
Liberties; (2) the settlement of old disputes between the King and the
Church; (3) the banishment of the chief of the mutinous barons, and
the victory of Tinchebrai, with its important results.


Stephen--1135-1154

139. The Rival Candidates.

With Henry I's death two candidates presented themselves for the