MA #4 (you are now going back to this assignment) due Friday

Test on Middle Ages Wednesday, April 1.

Homework

Do Now: How could the rise of towns and cities weaken the power of feudalism and manorialism and strengthen the kings in Europe? Think about:

◦ What were the people in towns willing to provide to their kings to get a charter? How could this strengthen the power of the kings?

◦ How could the “year and a day” rule make it more difficult to keep serfs on the manor?

Aim #10: How did the monarchies of England and France rise to power?

A. Townspeople are willing to pay taxes to the king to gain protection and a charter

B. King can now afford to hire soldiers – does not have to depend on lords to supply fighting men

C. Power of lords decreases – feudalism starts to decline

I. Influence of Towns on the Monarchy

A. With monarchs in England and France gaining power, these areas can start to become nation-states. What is a nation-state?

II. Rise of Nation-States

B. Nation-State: An independent nation of people having a common culture and identity. How we think of countries today.

II. Rise of Nation States

A. William the Conqueror (of Normandy) (rules England from 1066-1087)

1. Battle of Hastings (1066):

Invades England, defeats King Harold and the Anglo-Saxons, becomes king.

2. Combines A-S and Norman institutions and languages

3. Creates the Domesday Book: A census with detailed records of land ownership.

III. English Kings

B. Henry II (Rules England 1154-1189)

1. Gains power over much of France through his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine

III. English Kings

2. Strengthens the power of the royal courts: Brings more criminal and property cases before these courts

3. Develops Common Law: Law that was common to the whole kingdom

III. English Kings

4. Tries to bring the church under the authority of royal courts by appointing his friend Thomas a Becket to be archbishop of Canterbury. Beckett refuses to give in to Henry, and gets assassinated.

III. English Kings

C. John I (Rules England 1199-1216): Lost English lands in Normandy and northern France to the French, became known as “John Softsword”

1. Nobles force him to Sign the Magna Carta in 1215

III. English Kings

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D. Edward I (Rules England 1272-1307)

1. Forms first English Parliament (legislature) to raise tax money

2. Parliament consists of:

House of Lords: Nobles and Church lordsHouse of Commons: Knights and Townspeople

- Grant taxes, discuss politics, pass laws

III. English Kings

A. Philip Augustus (1180-1223)

1. Wages war against Britain and King John: Gains control of more territory, expands income and power of monarchy

2. Restores a centralized monarchy

IV. French Kings

B. Philip IV (1285-1314)

1. 3 branches of government

- Council for Advice- Chamber of Accounts - Royal Court

2. Creates legislature - Estates General (1302): Little power

IV. French Kings

Of the rulers that we have talked about over the last two days, which one do you think was most effective in establishing a strong, centralized monarchy in their country? Why?

Concluding Question