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'Stephen risked being seen as a man who never quite transcended theessential flawed-ness of his claim to be king. His actions betrayeduneasiness in his new skin'
Remembered as a time in which'Christ and his saints slept', Stephen's troubled reign plunged Englandinto anarchy. Without clear rules of succession in the Norman monarchy,conflict within William the Conqueror's family was inevitable. But, asthis resonant portrait shows, there was another problem too: Stephenhimself, unable to make good the transition from nobleman to king.