Note 2037 — Chapter IX · THE FALL OF THE ANGEVINS. 1199–1206.
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Ibid.·/·R. Coggeshall (Stevenson), p. 136. Rog. Wend. (Coxe), vol. iii. p. 168. Rigord (Duchesne, Hist. Franc. Scriptt., vol. v.), p. 45. Will. Armor. Gesta Phil. Aug. (ibid.), p. 81; Philipp., l. vi. (ibid.), p. 161. Boutavant was a small fortress built by Richard in 1198, on the Seine, four miles above Château-Gaillard, on the border-line between Normandy and France (Will. Armor. Gesta Phil. Aug. as above. Rog. Howden, Stubbs, vol. iv. p. 78). Philip had retorted by building hard by it a rival fortress which he called Gouleton (Rog. Howden as above)—the scene of his treaty with John in May 1202; see above, p. 396.