Illustrations

Maps

1. France during the reign of Philip II

2. Enlargement of the Île-de-France and the Vexin

3. Paris, ca. 1200

4. The Third Crusade

Figures

1. Genealogy of the French and English royal houses

2. Philip II being given by God to Louis VII and Adele of Champagne

3. The west facade of Saint-Denis in 2020

4. Surviving portion of Philip II’s wall, rue Clovis on the Left Bank, Paris

5. Seal of Philip II

6. Birth of Philip II

7. Coronation of Philip II

8. Philip of Flanders leading King Philip; coronation of Isabelle of Hainaut with King Philip

9. Philip II expelling the Jews

10. Diagram showing Rigord’s reconstruction of early Frankish history

11. Simulacrum of Philip’s monogram, placed at the end of the transcription of Philip’s testament-ordinance

12. Procession from Saint-Denis to Prince Louis’s sickbed

13. Philip II making his offering to Saint-Denis

14. Philip II and John meet in France

15. Philip II taking Normandy