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William of Normandy
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c.1066 aka William the Conqueror
-transformed the feudal system into a unified monarchy in both England and Normandy -ordered Norman inquest/general inquiry-->Domesday book (still used today to tax fairly and anoint knights fairly) |
1000's
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common law
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1100s began developing
-A body of English law established by King Henry 11's court that in the next two or three centuries became common to the entire country -the common law relied on a precedent: a decision in an important case served as an authority for deciding similar cases (written codes of law therefore not as important in England) |
1100's
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Magna Carta
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1215
a peace treaty intended to redress the grievances that particular groups had against King John, later viewed as the source of English rights and liberty more generally |
1200's
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papal reform
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11th century (1000's)
-a series of reforming popes attempted to reestablish the church's moral leadership by prohibiting simony (the buying and selling of church offices), ending clerical marriage, and eliminating secular control of the church -the dispute over LAY INVESTITURE(the selection and appointment of church officials by secular authority) led to a grave conflict with England and France's kings and the holy Roman emperors -popes/church councils created an expanded system of church law, ordered woman's convents closed, and made marriage indissoluble -church became "catholic" |
1000's
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Pope Gregory VII
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1000s
-sometimes the 11th century papal reform is called the "Gregorian reform movement" -denounced clerical marriage and simony, excommunicated (cut off from Christian worship) anyone who disagreed -particularly opposed to LAY INVESTITURE -Henry IV (Holy Roman Empire), William the Conqueror (England), Philip I (France) immediately protested Pope Gregory VII's call for excommunication of protestors |
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King Henry IV
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1000's
-Holy Roman Emperor -in open conflict with Pope Gregory VII over lay investiture during 1070's and 80's -excommunicated by Gregory (twice) -example of the conflict between medieval church and state |
1000's
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lay investiture
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the selection and appointment of church officials by secular authority: papal reform in the 1100's led mainly by Pope Gregory and sometimes referred to as the Gregorian Reform Movement held that immorality in the church was due to lay investiture
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1100's
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the Reconquista of Spain
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1150-1212
-Spain under Islamic rule (generally tolerant and had Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations) -Christians takeover (Ferdanand and Isabela pushed Jewish and Islamic people out unless they converted to Christianity) |
1100's
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the Crusades 1-4
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1100's Pope Erwin called for the crusades
"Holy wars sponsored by the papacy for the recovery of the Holy Land (city of Jerusalem) from the Muslims from the late 11th to the early 13th centuries |
1100's
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the manor
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one or more villages (made up of European peasants-free & serf) and the land surrounding them made up a manor controlled by a noble lord or a church official such as a bishop, abbot, or abbess
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1000
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serfdom
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a hereditary condition differing from slavery: serfs were peasants that were tied to the land they worked
-most serfs lived in their own families, not with others, and worked small plots of land; in addition, they were required to do labor a certain amount and payed arbitrary levies on common occurrences |
serfdom 1000
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medieval families
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not much evidence for medieval families in the peasant class except parish records (church records) and England Domesday book
-probably averaged 2 or 3 children, big families were uncommon and the children were born far apart (possibly due to high infant mortality) -medieval families were independent/nuclear -age of marriage for female (25) and for male (29) |
1000's
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saints
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cult of the saints was a central feature of popular culture in the Middle Ages
-it was believed that the saints possessed supernatural powers that enabled them to perform miracles and the saints became the special property of the locality in which his or her relics rested -saints were chosen by the church |
1000-1300
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