Medieval England

1. who?
   1. Duke of Normandy
      1. Norse-men
2. what?
   1. Norman Conquest
      1. Everything replaced with Norman
3. Significance
   1. A vassal of the King of France
   2. changes English history

1. what
   1. land survey to determine wealth
2. impact
   1. provides foundation of English power
3. C.B.
   1. secular (upper) middle class
4. Governance
   1. C.B.
      1. Same as France?
         1. ENG
            1. secular
               1. C.B. throughout the country
                  1. has Centralized Authority
         2. FR
            1. ties to Church
               1. C.B. only in crown lands
                  1. does not have Centralized Authority

1. Same as HRE?
   1. Pope too distant
      1. Norman bishops look to crown (ENG)

1. C.B.
   1. has
2. Law
   1. juries
      1. civil + criminal
   2. circuit court (Appeals)

1. + Eleanor of Aquitaine
   1. John I Lackland

      Nota:

      • He lacked land...
      • He had periodical psychosis, which causes rash decisions, periods of depression, and severe paranoia
      1. while away
         1. he takes control
      2. thoughts?
      3. nobles
         1. ignores
         2. lose respect for their king
         3. he hires mercenaries
      4. Church
         1. why?
            1. vassal for $
      5. Normandy/Anjou
         1. the Bouvines (1214)
      6. Magna Carta
         1. foundation of placing limits on the King's power
         2. key
            1. "due process" [common law]
         3. not about
            1. democracy
   2. Geoffery
      1. dies
   3. Richard I Lionheart
      1. chivalries greatest warrior
      2. goes on third crusade
         1. w/ Philip Augustus

1. defaults on Papal loan
   1. thus losing Sicily to France
2. "great council"
   1. Landed Knights (gentry)
   2. burgesses (merchan)
   3. lords
   4. Parliament
      1. to give consent on policy and taxes

Nota:

• Longshanks - Long shanks (legs) One of England's most ruthless kings Named after Edward the Confessor, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings before the Norman invasion. This was one of the first steps in making the English crown, English

1. conquest of Wales and Scotland (movie!)
   1. need for...?
      1. money
      2. solutions
         1. consult
            1. Parliament
               1. to raise revenue
         2. export taxes
            1. *
               1. Flanders
                  1. wool
                     1. finished product - textiles

                        Nota:

                        • Led to idea, why are they exporting these goods, to let them be converted to products Lead to Industrial Revolution
         3. import taxes (tariff)