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26 Cards in this Set
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the earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles
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Celts
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a special group of Celtic men who acted as teachers,judges, and priests
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Druids
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mysterious monument that still stands in southern England
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Stonehenge
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Germanic tribes
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Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
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the greatest Saxon poem
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Beowulf
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the most influential church office in England
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archbishop of Canterbury
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England officially accepted Romanism in what year?
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664
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the first archbishop of Canterbury
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Augustine
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What did Venerable Bede write?
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An Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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What did Venerable Bede's work orginate?
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the B.C./A.D. division of history
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A group of Viking that came to invade England
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Danes
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Who was the first great king of England?
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Alfred the Great
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What year did the Battle of Hastings take place in?
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1066
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census
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a count of the people and property
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Witan
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the old assembly of nobles
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Great Council
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a body composed only of his chief vassals
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Charter of Liberties (Henry I)
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promised to end heavy taxation of the nobles and the church and not to abuse his power as king
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Exchequer
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a group of nobles and administrators who looked after the governments finances and acted as judges of revenue matters.
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common law
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laws common to all Englishmen
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trial by jury
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a group of people called to give a verdict or true statement, in regard to a legal matter
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What was Richard I nickname?
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Lion-Hearted
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King Richard I and John's mother
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Eleanor of Aquitane
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the most hated kind in English history
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John
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In what year was the Magna Carta (Great Charter) signed?
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1215
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habeas corpus
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the right of an arrested person to appear before a court to determine if his imprisonment is legal
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constitution
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a written plan which sets up a form of government and establishes its basic governing principles
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