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29 Cards in this Set
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William the Conqueror
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He was the leader of the Norman Conquest in 1066, which established him as the rightful English monarch. |
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King John "Softsword" |
King of England who waged many wars with France, though he was very unsuccessful. The fact that he could not fight well earned him the name "softsword |
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Hugh Capet |
He was a French monarch who established the Capetian Dynasty in France. He made Paris his capital and he expanded control over most of modern day France. |
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Joan of Arc |
A French peasant girl who served as a unifying factor in the Hundred Years War. She fought for the French as a man and was later captured by the English who burned her at the stake. |
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Ferdinand and Isabella |
Spanish monarchs who were strongly Catholic. They removed all Moors and Jews from their empire. |
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Henry II |
King of England who established common law. |
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Charles V |
King of Spain who greatly expanded the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere |
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Ivan the Great |
Czar of Russia who threw off the rule of the Mongols, centralized power in Moscow and expanded the Russian nation. |
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Pope Urban II |
His speech initiated the Crusades. |
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Saladin |
Muslim leader who captured Jerusalem in the Second Crusade. |
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Ottoman Turks |
A group who sacked Constantinople in 1453, leading to it's downfall. The Ottoman Turks then renamed Constantinople Istanbul and made it the capital of the Ottoman Empire |
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Mehmet II |
Leader of the Ottoman Turks when they lay siege to Constantinople. |
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Giovanni Boccaccio |
Italian author who wrote "Decameron" describing the onset of the Black Death |
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Norman Conquest |
A siege led by William, Duke of Normandy who believed he was the rightful heir to the English throne. His ultimate victory came at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. |
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Magna Carta |
A charter drawn up by barons of England that removed absolute power from the king and put some power in the hands of the nobles. It means Great Charter |
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Common law |
A uniform system of law that developed in England based on court decisions and on customs and usage rather than on written law codes. |
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Hundred Years War |
A war from 1337-1453 between the English and the French. The war resulted in a sense of nationalism for both nations |
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Parliament |
England's representative law making body. |
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Holy Land |
Jerusalem and parts of the surrounding area where Jesus lived and taught |
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Crusades |
A series of wars between Christians and Muslims fought for control of the Holy Land. |
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Black Death |
A plague the struck Europe by way of merchants ships from the east. It killed 1/3 of the population, which took a toll on employment. This, in turn, ended the feudal system. 25 million people died between 1347-1352 from known cases of the plague |
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Papal |
the Pope |
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Scholasticism |
the idea of using reason as the guide to truth and morality |
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Little ice age |
A period of extreme cold in the 14th century that contributed to a shorter growing season and increase of famine |
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Peasants Revolt |
In 1381, English serfs revolted demanding higher wages. The peasants lost |
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Jacquerie |
A French peasants' revolt in which they demanded higher wages. |
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Longbow |
A superior weapon for the English in the Hundred Years War. It allowed for arrows to travel further difference with greater ferocity. |
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Nationalism |
a feeling of loyalty to one's country and/or people |
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Decameron |
A text written by Giovanni Boccaccio describing the Black Death's arrival in Europe. |
