. "Forces loyal toEmpress Matilda&Henry Plantagenet" . . "civil strife" . . . . . "Seizure of the Crown" . "succession to the throne of England" . "Civil War" . . "power struggle and civil war" . "civil wars" . "war between Matilda and Stephen" . . . . . "Anarchy occurred" . "dynastic struggle" . . . . "the Anarchy" . . "a state of anarchy broke out" . "civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda" . . "English civil war" . . "her struggle" . "disorders" . "Feudal anarchy" . . "Matilda(s) and Stephen ... and Henry" . "succession crisis" . "descended into anarchy" . . "period of civil war" . . . . "chaotic" . "anarchic" . . "claim the throne of England" . . "succession dispute" . "the civil war" . "Stephen's reign" . "ensuing Anarchy" . "Arundel Castle" . "in 1140" . "a seventeen-year long civil war" . . "civil war of 1135-53" . . "19-year civil war" . "A long civil war" . "the civil wars of 1139-53" . . "The Anarchy" . "the conflict" . "Treaty of Wallingford: Stephen remains king, but with Empress Matilda's son Henry Plantagenet as designated heir" . . . . "conflict" . "first English civil war" . . . . "contested English royal claims" . "the ensuing Anarchy" . "anarchy" . "Civil war" . "Forces loyal toStephen of Blois" . . . "making preparations to fight Stephen" . . "war against Matilda" . "his struggle" . . "Stephen's capture by forces of Empress Matilda" . "anarchy of Stephen" . . . "Anarchy" . . "The Anarchy" . "the anarchy" . "the troubled reign" . . . "anarchic conditions" . . "Anarchy of the 12th century" . . . "civil war broke out" . "English civil war after the death of Henry I" . . "civil war" . . . . "20 years of civil war" . . "English Anarchy" . . .