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As a boy he had watched conferences between his father and Henry under the great elm of Gisors, on the borders of Normandy, and seeing his father overreached, he laid up a store of hatred to the rival king. AS A BOY HE HAD WATCHED CONFERENCES BETWEEN HIS FATHER AND HENRY UNDER THE GREAT ELM OF JIZOR ON THE BORDERS OF NORMANDY AND SEEING HIS FATHER OVERREACHED HE LAID UP A STORE OF HATRED TO THE RIVAL KING
y II. against him. 7. Philip II. (1180--1223).--Powerful in fact as Henry II. was, it was his gathering so large a part of France under his rule which was, in the end, to build up the greatness of the French kings. What had held them in check was the existence of the great fiefs or provinces, each with its own line of dukes or counts, and all practically independent of the king. But now nearly all the provinces of southern and western France were gathered into the hand of a single ruler; and though he was a Frenchman in blood, yet, as he was King of England, this ruler seemed to his French subjects no Frenchman, but a foreigner. They began therefore to look to the French king to free them from a foreign ruler; and the son of Louis VII., called _Philip Augustus_, was ready to take advantage of their disposition. Philip was a really able man, making up by address for want of personal courage. He set himself to lower the power of the house of Anjou and increase that of the house of Paris. HILIP THE SECOND ELEVEN EIGHTY TO TWELVE TWENTY THREE POWERFUL IN FACT AS HENRY THE SECOND WAS IT WAS HIS GATHERING SO LARGE A PART OF FRANCE UNDER HIS RULE WHICH WAS IN THE END TO BUILD UP THE GREATNESS OF THE FRENCH KINGS WHAT HAD HELD THEM IN CHECK WAS THE EXISTENCE OF THE GREAT THIEFS OR PROVINCES EACH WITH ITS OWN LINE OF DUKES OR COUNTS AND ALL PRACTICALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE KING BUT NOW NEARLY ALL THE PROVINCES OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN FRANCE WERE GATHERED INTO THE HAND OF A SINGLE RULER AND THOUGH HE WAS A FRENCHMAN IN BLOOD YET AS HE WAS KING OF ENGLAND THIS RULER SEEMED TO HIS FRENCH SUBJECTS NO FRENCHMAN BUT A FOREIGNER THEY BEGAN THEREFORE TO LOOK TO THE FRENCH KING TO FREE THEM FROM A FOREIGN RULER AND THE SON OF LOUIS THE SEVENTH CALLED PHILIP AUGUSTUS WAS READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR DISPOSITION PHILIP WAS A REALLY ABLE MAN MAKING UP BY ADDRESS FOR WANT OF PERSONAL COURAGE HE SET HIMSELF TO LOWER THE POWER OF THE HOUSE OF ANGELE AND INCREASE THAT OF THE HOUSE OF PARIS
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