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Magna Carta
- English Charter
- Set down rights that are now foundations for all english speaking countries.
- These rights included the basic right of anyone convicted of a crime to
- a jury trial; protection of private property; reasonable limits on
- taxes and a degree of guaranteed religious freedom.
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- The Magna Carta came about because King John (who only became king in
- 1199 when his brother King Richard I died) had a reputation for being
- tyrannical. His reign was marred by continuous war losses, beginning
- with the loss of Normandy to Philippe Auguste of France and ending with
- England torn by civil war. King John risked being forced out of power
- because if his mismanagement. By 1215, England's nobility was fed up
- with paying extra taxation. Members of this nobility rebelled and
- captured London. In June, the King met these barons at Runnymede on the
- Thames River to try and reach a peaceful settlement. The King
- reluctantly agreed to their demands by signing the Magna Carta on 15
- June 1215.
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Edward III
Kind Edward III
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(Intro) What ideals, insitiutions, and invention did Europe (and the world) inherit from Greece and Rome?
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(Intro) What were the major social,ecomonic and religious structures of the early Middle Ages in Europe?
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(Inrto) What roles did the Church play in Medieval Europe?
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(Intro) What factors caused towns to rise in importance, and how did towns challenge the traditional structures of early medieval Europe?
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How did the "crises of the Fourteenth CEntury" affect the major institutions of the Medieval World?
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How did scarcity of labor initiate change in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries?
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How were relations between the institution of the CHurch and the State evolving during the 14th century? What factors emboldened and strengthened the hand of the monarchs?
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What were the long-term effects of the Hundred years' War on France and England?
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