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William the Conqueror
- expanded witan= Great Council
- Oath of Salisbury= he's the liege lord to all
- Domesday Book= survey and census
- devided fiefs to prevent growing power
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Henry II
- brought all courts under use of travelling justices
- founder of English common law
- wanted to bring everyone under his control=> conflict with Thomas Beckett
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Simon de Montfort
- led nobles to revolt
- increased power thru increased representation
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Hugh Capet
chosen b/c thought to be weak ruler
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Parlemant of Paris
Name of Great Council under French
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Avignon Papacy
- Clemency V moved papacy to Avignon
- heavily influenced by French kings
- led to Great Schism
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Canossa
site where Henry VI is forgiven by Gregory
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Innocent III
- height of papal pwr
- called Albigensian Crusade
- extend papal influence
- clarify Christian doctrine- 4th Lateran Council
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Ferdinand and Isabella
- unified Catholic kingdom
- ordered expulsion of all Jews
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Vernacular
language of ordinary people
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100 Years' War
- 1066 but switched around
- created longbow and canon
- at first England was winning
- France won with Joan of Arc
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Thomas Beckett
- friend of Henry II
- wanted to keep clergy under canon courts
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Edward I
made Model Parliament
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Ile de France
small territory belonging to Hugh Capet
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Philip IV
- extended taxes to newly gained lands
- fought wars with England to regain western territory
- forced nobles to pay
- water to tax clergy- another battle btwn him and Boniface VIII
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Otto I
- defeated Magyars
- married Italian queen
- crowned by pope like Charlemagne
- did investiture so clergy would administer territories
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Concordant of Worms
Fight btwn Gregory and Henry IV
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Urban II
- called Crusades
- created Church bureaucracy
- created miltary influence of church
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Magna Carta
- primarily for elite
- everyone subject to law
- habeas corpus
- rights of life, liberty, property ensured
- no taxation w/o representation
- step towards constitutionalism
- right to speedy trial
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Philip Augustus
- regained much of French territory
- copied travelling judges of England
- Chambre de Comptes- Exchequer
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Estates General
- similar to parliament
- composed of clergy, nobles, townsmen
- wasn't same as Parliament
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Great Schism
two popes then three popes! :O
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Scutage
money insted of military service
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common law
law same for all people
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power of the purse
Parliament power to approve gov. spending
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Redbeard
- consolidated strong imperial demesne
- subdue nobles
- wanted to rule Italy (unsuccessful)
- wanted to reunite Germany and Italy
- N. Italain city states formed Lombard League
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Thomas Aquinas
- described perfect world
- wrote Summa Theologica and Utopia
- some things must be accepted by faith
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