The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1135 and 1153 , which resulted in Causation a widespread breakdown in law and order .

Chroniclers described Statement the period as one in which `` Christ and his saints were asleep '' and Victorian historians called Name_conferral the conflict `` the Anarchy '' because of the chaos , although modern historians have questioned Communication the accuracy of the term and of some contemporary accounts .