| Term | Definition |
|---|
| who built the west minster abby | edward the confessor 1042-1066 |
| who is named king after edward the confessor? | duke william of normandy |
| who do the saxon earls apoint as king? | harold of essex |
| where do the saxons defeat the danes? | Stanford Bridge |
| What is the name of the battle that the Normans defeated the Saxons? | Battle of Hastings in 1066 |
| who built casltes to stay in control of england? | Normans |
| what is the best preserved norman castle in England? | Warwick Castle |
| when is Harold of Essex killed? | battle of hasting. |
| what did the dommesday book list and who was it created by? | the doomesday book was created in 1078 it listed all the taxable property, William wants to know the value of every manor in england. this gave william economic control. |
| WHat is the old saxon witan? | real life basis of the knights of the round table william replaced them with the great council this gives William I political power. |
| What is the name of the oath William I makes all the nobles of England take? | the salisbury oath 1086, william I had a group investure he makes all of the nobles in england his vasals. |
| What are they nobles now? | "obedient servers" homage and fealty is what they pledge, this gives William I military power. |
| What does William I install to advise him? | The Curiar Regis(kings cabinent) they are all normans very small elight group (political power) |
| list the things that william I did. | he established the curiar regis he apointed a norman monk to be his arch bishop of cantibury he gave a 50 percent of all the manors in england to normands, he took 20% off all manors for himself only 30% of manors weere left over for saxons |
| how popular was william I? | he was horribly unpopular amongs english people. william's attitude is I know you ate me but i do'nt care He gets poer he is the legal king of England he mus conquer what is his he needs power because he is hated he is an effective leader. |
| What is importand about William I's heredicory? | He establighes a hereditary norman monarchy |
| WHat is Henry I nick name and why? | Beuclerc, good clerck he is the son of Wm. I he can read and write 2 languagues. |
| WHat is so important about Henry I marrying a saxon woman? | He begins assimilation in ENgland with the saxons and the normans |
| He recognizes the Curiar Regis to include who? | Knights. Counts. and Saxons. |
| Justiciar (viceroy) | he rules why the king leaves the country |
| Chancellor | head legal officer Chief Justice and Autorney General in the U. S. |
| Treasurer | collects taxes (collection) |
| exchecquer | made financial policy maeks budget ( spending) |
| Charter of Liberties | listed teh rights freedoms of barons to rule their manor. Each baron is it's mini king on his manor they are the only nobels in england that can rule theri manors alond |
| Sheriffs | Sheriffs. they split the responsibilyt running the shire England is divided into shires, he apoints a shire-reeve for each shire, her ules |
| Coroners | they investigate mystrius deaths on manors |
| Traveling Judges | they travel around on the count's and knights's manors and listen to people's complaints |
| Henry II 1154-1189 | Grandson of Henry I, henry I outlived his son. |
| What are Henry II's four titles? | Duke of normandy King of england Ducke of Aquatain Count of Anjou |
| Who does Henrry II mary? | elenor of Aquitain |
| Why does henrry II mary her? | for her land |
| How many kids does Elenor have? | 10 |
| Assize of Clarendon 1166 | brings the system of justice under royal control, creates a court system under the kings's control |
| What was Henry II goal when he created the Assize of Clarendon? | to bring the law court system under royal control |
| Two-Tear Court Sytem | consisted of 2 steps |
| Grand Jury | about 4o members they investigate crime, they listen to evidence. |
| Indict | formally accuse criminals |
| petit jury | decides if a person is inocent or guilty |
| Common Law | a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws |
| precedents | prior cases whose principles are used by judges as the bases for their decisions in present cases |
| Thomas Becket | henry II's best friend |
| things kings study | goverment, finance, military science, language |
| Martyr | someone willing to die or sacrifice for a cause |
| Richard I (1189-1199) | lion hearter he was model perfet medieval knight |
| John 1199-1216 | Lackland and Softsword |
| John 1204 | he lost control of nomandy |
| what is so important about losing control of normandy | he is losing control of the "homeland"for the royal family |
| John 1207 | he became invovled in an investure with Inocent III over who picks the arch bishop of cantiburry |
| who did inocent III want to be arch bishop? | Stephan Langton |
| Who did john want to be Bishiop of Cantiburry | Richard Crowder |
| Magna Carta | states tha no one not even the king was above the law |
| what did the magna carta say? | the english church was free from the king's control, london shall have all it's ancient liberties and freedoms, free from king's control,promised to respect the specific rights and privaleges of the nobles, no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, right to trial with in reasonable time, no scutage aid shall be imposed in our kingdome exept by the common council of our kingdom, a comittee of nobles was established to match over the king and punish him if he violated the charter. |
| Henry III 1216- 1272 | became king when he was nine years old |
| who was the first regent while henr III ruled? | WIlliam Marshal |
| who was the second regent? | Bishiop BAndulph he is italian |
| when does henry III become king? | 1227, 20 years old |
| what did henrryIII procrastinate on tha causeed so much conflict | 1257 budget |
| provisions of oxford | were written by english baronscreted or established commitee of 24 barons to take over running the gov. of england henry III signs |
| who does england ask for help? | king luis IX |
| what does he say? | he says the king should run the govermentand he cancels the provisions of oxford |
| who do the barons elext to replace henry III | simon de montfort |
| edward I | son of henry III |
| how did he conquer scotland? | by building castles he copied from the muslims |
| who belonged in the house of lords | barons and bishiops |
| who belonged in the house of commons | coutns knights/ guild masters. |
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