I'd like to learn more about the Anarchy period of England.

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>>1942099
It was the time when anarcho-monarchism was tried

Matilda was in the right, but Stephen was an incredibly nice person

>>1942099
Matilda was in the right, the King literally stated that SHE would inherit. The legal tradition is very clear on these things.

Stephen was basically a second Bastard William but with less of the extraordinary effort and luck where he basically marred the systems of common law local traditions of Anglo Saxon England brought back by the heirs of William and instead decided to do Post Colonial Africa style warlords.

Stephen and Matilda: The Civil War of 1139-53 by Jim Bradbury

The best ruler for England in that time would have been king Henry's bastard, Robert of Gloucester

>>1944843
Wasn't Henry a bastard himself?