Rufus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
William II. · the Rufuses
spoken of as
1 expressionWilliam II“Rufus”1 mention
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John (English)
but Rufus was more intent on his hunting and enjoyments, than on the deeper matters of statecraft.
in the texts
De Pallio
Figure cited among a list of notoriously vicious figures.
But I am added to no vices, spare no lethargies, no scab.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Son of William the Conqueror, King of England 1087-1100.
but Rufus was more intent on his hunting and enjoyments, than on the deeper matters of statecraft.
Friendly relations between King and Archbishop continued, notwithstanding Anselm’s condemnation of the evil deeds of Rufus.
Returning at Rufus’s death from a sort of honourable banishment at Rome, Anselm found himself compelled, by his conscience and the recent decrees of a Lateran Council, to enter on the great struggle of the investitures.