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Thomas Becket |
Archbishop of Canterbury |
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When was Thomas Becket killed? |
December 29, 1170 |
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How did the post change Becket? |
He became like a monk and lived like his calling |
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The spot of Becket's death became a |
Shrine |
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People left |
Valuables at the spot of Becket's death |
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They believed a visit to the shrine |
Left them free of illness and disease |
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Where was Becket killed? |
The floor of Cabterbury Cathedral |
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Henry VII |
Shut down the monastaries and churches and he took what valuables he wanted |
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Henry hoped that |
By appointing his good friend Becket to Archbishop, he might have more of a say in how the church punished offenders |
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How did becket die? |
4 knights killed him because they thought the king wanted him dead |
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Henry? |
II |
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He and thomas were |
Very good friends |
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What is the most important positiion in the church in medieval england? |
The Archbishop of Canterbury |
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What did Henry not expect? |
The change Thomas had when he became Archbishop |
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When was the appointment made? |
In 1162 |
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Who appointed Becket? |
King Henry II of England. |
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What were Henry II's reforms? |
He used common law to unify the people, and he used circuit judges. |
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Common law |
Uniform laws in England that determined justice for all people. (Same laws on every manor) |
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Circuit Justices |
Traveled to fuedal manors; used a judge and a jury. |
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Who is forced to sign the Magna Carta? |
King John |
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Edward I |
Developed Parliament |
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Parliament |
Advisors to the king |
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How did Parliament, common law, and circuit justices sway peoples' loyalty from the pope to the king? |
People got more benefits, and things were now actually fair. |
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Is it bad or good that people became loyal to the king over the church? |
Its not a bad thing |
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Why is this? |
The Roman Catholic Church did not have true teachings. |
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Our constitution is based on.. |
The Magna Carta |
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Magna Carta 1 |
A watershed document that limited royal power and gave fuedal lords rights. |
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What did the noble landowners do? |
They led a rebellion to take over London and force King John I to accede to their demands. |
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The nobles composed the magna carta in order to |
Curb the power of the king and protect themselves from abuse of power. |
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When did the nobles do this? |
1215 |
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What did the magna carta do? |
It spelled out the people's garunteed rights. |
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When was the king forced to agree to the terms of the magna carta? |
On June 19, 1215, at Runneymede. |
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What else did the magna carta do? |
It gave the nobles the right to seize the king's castles if he did not abide by the law and respect their rights |
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The king did or did not abide by the agreement |
He did not |
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Many of the rights listed in the magna carta were just.. |
A reiteration of what was already in the law, but the nobles did add some new rights |
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These rights |
Influenced the development of democratic law, and they still hold sway today as part of due process |
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The magna carta established the right of |
Habeas corpus |
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Habeas corpus |
The authorities have to prove to a judge that they have just cause to detain a person. |
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The magna carta said that |
The king did not have the right to take away other peoples' rights so he could not arrest them, imprison them, or seize their land or possessions without a trial by jury. |
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The magna carta set |
The rule of law over the personal preferences of the king and garunteed individual civil rights. |
