Stephen, King of England Robert of Gloucester rebelled against the King, starting the descent into civil war in England. An illegitimate son of Henry I and the half-brother of the Empress Matilda, Robert was one of the most powerful Anglo-Norman barons, controlling estates in Normandy as well as the Earldom of Gloucester. He was known for his qualities as a statesman, his military experience, and leadership ability. Robert had tried to convince Theobald to take the throne in 1135; he did not attend Stephen's first court in 1136 and it took several summons to convince him to attend court at Oxford later that year.
The Last of England (film) fatalities that bomber crews experienced and the carpet-bombing of civilians. The book and to a lesser extent the film are very much in the tradition of Roland Barthes "Camera Lucida", Susan Sontag's "On Photography", Jeanette Winterson's 'Art Objects' and to a lesser extent John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" in that he has used the deeply familiar and personal as a vehicle for dialogue about art and contemporary culture. The Last of England (film) The Last of England is a 1987 British arthouse film directed by Derek Jarman and starring Tilda Swinton. It is a poetic, rather than realistic, depiction of