Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajaloo eksamiküsimused
Despite the ongoing negotiations Dublin
fell and the establishment of a small Anglo-Norman colony, known as The Pale, marks the
start point of foreign rule over Ireland. Without too much of a fight all Irish kings gave in to
Henry II. The Anglo-Norman authority outside the protected colony, The pale, was non-
existent. Henry II reached an agreement with the Irish and they signed the Treaty of Windsor.
By this Treaty Rory O'Connor became the monarch of all the unconquered areas of Ireland
and in return he recognised King Henry II as his overlord and was due to pay him an annual
tribute. A period of eight centuries of foreign oppression had began for the Irish.
*Richard I and Minstrel Blondel There is a legend that when King Richard the Lionheart
disappeared his favourite trobadure Blondel the Minstrel went to search for him. As a
wandering minstrel Blondel travelled for months over central Europe, seeking for news of his
friend