Geoffrey Plantagenet’s dying words
Hi all! I am reading The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England by Dan Jones, and I am stuck on this bit I’ve highlighted.
Could anyone provide any insight as to why Geoffrey may have said what he did when he “forbade Henry his heir to introduce the customs of Normandy or England into his own county, nor the reverse.”? Considering how Geoffrey spent his adult life helping Matilda unify and keep the Norman lands under their (Angevin/English) control, and how they both wanted to ensure that their son was restored to the throne after Stephen of Blois, why would he say this? The only thing I could think is that he wanted to protect Anjou from losing its identity to England, but I really do not know.
Am I missing something? Reading or interpreting this incorrectly?
Thanks!