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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
The Duke of Normandy
Wrote the Doomesday Book
Brought Feudalism to England
BATTLE OF HASTINGS1066
Henry II
Great grandson of William the Conqueror
Was Married toEleanor of Aquitaine
ENGLISH COMMON LAWGrand juryTrial jury
Circuit Judge
Two Well Known Sons:Richard the Lionhearted
King John(signed the Magna Carta)
Thomas Becket
Archbishop of Canterbury
Murdered Dec. 29, 1170
Canonized in 1173Canterbury Tales, byGeoffrey ChaucerFriendship vs. Loyalty
to the Church??
Henry II
Great grandson of William the Conqueror
Was Married toEleanor of Aquitaine
ENGLISH COMMON LAWGrand juryTrial jury
Circuit Judge
King John 1199-1216
Mean to his subjects
Tried to squeeze $ out of them
Raised taxes to finance his wars ….all culminated in…(next slide)
Magna Carta
• One of the three pillars to England’s constitution
•Latin “great charter”
•The nobles forced King John to sign it
•Guaranteed the nobles certain basic political rights
•Limited the power of the king
1215
Simon de Montfort
Father of the House of Commons
Called the first directly elected parliament in Medieval Europe
PARLIAMENTGREAT COUNCIL
HOUSE OF
COMMONS
HOUSE OF
LORDS
French attempts at Beginning to establish a democratic tradition!
France-Capetian Dynasty
987-1328Development of
representative gov’t
Philip II(1180-1223)—he was, Philip Augustus
Bailiffs
Louis IX(grandson of Philip II)-1226-1270
Created a French appeals court
Philip IV(1285-1314)Adds Third Estate to
the Estates-General(Frenh Parliament)
Estates-General
National Assembly Parliament
#4. Hundred Years War“Misery of the Middle Ages”F
RANCE
ENGLAND
What were the causes of the Hundred Years War?? Pages 348-349
1. Disagreement over rights of land
2. Dispute over the succession to the French throne Charles IV(Fr.),dies childless in 1328; Capetian dynasty
ends Charles’ sister, Isabella, had a son—Edward III, king of
England Salic law—exclusion of women(6th C law maintained until
1789!) What happened from here??
1. Economic conflicts
2. Duchy of Aquitaine
MAJOR BATTLES:
AGINCOURT (1415)POITIERS (1356)
CRECY (1346)
ENGLISH LONG BOW DOMINATED THE BATTLE FIELD
TEXT MAPS, PAGE 351
JOAN OF ARC
PEASANT GIRL WHO CONVINCED CHARLES VII TO BE CROWNED
CONVINCED DAUPHIN SHE COULD LEAD THE FRENCH TO VICTORY
LEAD THE FRENCH IN A BATTLE AT FORT ORLEANS AND WON
JOAN OF ARC IS CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH, ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT
MAY 30TH 1431 SHE IS TIED TO A STAKE AND BURNED TO DEATH AT 19 YEARS
OLD
25 YEARS LATER CHURCH RETRIED HER CASE AND
PROCLAIM HER AS INNOCENT
MAY 16TH 1920 SHE IS CANONIZED A SAINTBecame a patron saint of
France because she saved the French monarchy!!!
Which of the following was not an English victory during the Hundred Years War?
Crecy
Agincourt
Orleans
Poitiers
Normandy
A major cause of the Hundred Years’ War for the French was that:
The French nobles were unwilling to give their support to the English who claimed the throne of France
A woman had become ruler of France for the 1st time
The King of France claimed the throne of England
The economic reason of wool
Impact 100 Yrs. war
1. rise of nationalism2. representative
assembly's will develop…. Parliamentary system
3. War of the Roses—rise of the Tudor dynasty in England
4. The twin pillars of the Middle Ages---The Age of Faith & the Age of Chivalry…will die