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12 Cards in this Set
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What was happening in England in teh A.D. 700s?
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nobles seperatly owned land and the monarchs were not very powerfully
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What did Alfred the Great do?
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united Anglo- Saxons, defeated the Danes, and created England
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What was Alfred interested in and how did he promote this?
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revival of learning (founded schools and hired scholars to translate books)
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Who was William the Conqueror?
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from Normandy and built a huge army and defeated the king of England; kept tight control of government,took land for himself or for vassals, had a council of nobles and sheriffs
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New English Culture
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formed between Norman French and Anglo- Saxons
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Who was Henry I?
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William's son, created a treasury and gave royal courts greater authority
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Who was Henry II?
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Henry's grandson, created a common law with grand and petit jurys
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Thomas a Beacket
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disagreed with Henry II b/c did not think that clergy should be taxed, 4 knights thought that they were acting on king's order and killed him
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Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine?
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she married Henry II, had a lot of French land b/c was married to French king, influenced royal policies through sons even though marriage was not as good
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Who was John and what did he sign?
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had high taxes and would punish people w/out trial so nobles wrote up the Magna Carta to restrict his power and forced him to sign it
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What happened during Henry III reign?
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the middle class emerges who gets money from business and trade, important role in government, he gives them a place in government which formed into the Parliament(2)
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What was happening in France and who ended it?
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fuedal lords owned and ruled their land, Hugh Capet came into power and created the Capetian dynasty which lasted for 3 centuries
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