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william I/ william the conquer/ william of normandy |
married to matilda of flanders and had his son, Henery I. Invades england and starts battle of hastings. He won on October 14, 1066. He is crowned william the conquer. He creates first hereditary monarchy, brings fuedalism to england, took a census( pop. count for taxes), made dooseday book, made a coin system |
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battle of hasting |
battle where william the conquer defeats england |
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october 1066 |
the date where william the conquer defeats england( he is crowned on christmas that same year) |
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Henery II |
went to france with father and falls in love with the queen. She, elenor, devorisis louie and goes to england with him. they get married, he becomes king. |
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elenor of aquitaine |
married to louis for 15 years then runs away with henery, she becomes queen. they have 8 children. she helps her sons lead a revolt aginst henery. He lockes her up in house arrest. When richard comes to thrown he lets her out, she rules england while richard is on the crusades. john comes to thrown and lockes her back up. Richard is her favorite child. |
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grand jury |
people who decide if a case goes to trial |
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trial by jury |
a group of peers that listen to evidence and decide if a pirson is innocent or guilty |
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trial by combat |
nobels would fight their best men and the winner is innocent and loser is guilty |
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richard I or richard the lionhearted |
henery II heir. he hates england so is never in it while he is ruling, his mom rules.he is his moms favorite, he got aquitaine when he wass 11, he was king of england for 100 years but only in it 2, he led 3rd crusade (kings crusade), the crusade was a dud but he did sign a peace treaty with the leaader of the turks saladan for safe pilgramige in jerusalem, he regains aquitaine that john lost |
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john lackland |
his fathers favorite and mom hated him, worst king of england ever but best dad, he spent 17 years tring to regain aquitaine to get his mothers love, he was so mean nobels forced him to sign magna carta, died from spoiled peaches and wine |
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clovis |
he was first king of franks, he invaded gaul and became a christian |
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charels martel |
he is the mayor of the palace, defeated muslems in the battle of tears ( they wanted to come to europe and if they did we would all be muslem), he took over after clovis |
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pepin |
charels martels son, he helped run the lambards out of rome and gave land to church creating a papel state( land ruled by the pope as if a king) |
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charlemagne |
he was king after pepin, he encouraged education, ruled fairly, on 12/25/800 ad, pope crowned him holy raman emepor( giving the pope more power) |
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jutland penensula |
denmark |
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scandinavia |
norway, sweeden, denmark |
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fjords |
narrow water ways between long jagged cliffs |
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vikings |
a group of people from scandinavia, they were very mean, they loved to plunder, they had long boats, eventually they settled in great brittan and normandy |
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holy roman emperor |
the pope crowned charlimaine this so he could have more power |
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concordant of worms |
an agreement between the pope and the leader of a country |
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code of chivilrey |
knights swear this, it is to obey, defend the church, country, weak, king, and women |
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chain mail |
little tiny chains woven together that knights wear under their armor |
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missi dominici |
lords messengers( spys) |
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page |
at 7 years old a nobel will go to train atthe home of a lord,becoming a messenger, he will learn to read, write, hunt with a hawk, ride a horse, fight with wooden swords, practice jousting skills |
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squire |
at age 14 the boy will move up from page and become a knights assistent, he will learn advanced fighting skills, go to battle to help his knight, and clean his knights armor and weapons. They are each incharge of a page |
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knight |
at age 21 hte squire will move up to a knight, he will go to a dubbing ceramony, recieve the title sir, then sear to obey the code of chivelery, they also recieve their spurs |
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feif |
under fudelism, a lord granted to a vassal in exchange for military service and lolalty |
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dark ages |
450- 500 ad, a period of time when nothing good happened |
