Magna Carta

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Magna Carta
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I. Englands Government - Monarchy
King John of England (1155-1216)
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• King John (1199-1216) continually raised taxes
  to finance his failing wars

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2. The nobles revolted
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Magna Carta June 15, 1215 written by English
nobles and approved by King John, guaranteed
basic political rights
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Nobles wanted to protect their rights and limit
the kings powerex. no taxation without
representation a jury trial
protection of the law
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Basis of English and United States law as well as
the Bill of Rights
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The Church Divides
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1300 Pope and Church began to lose power due to
the Bubonic Plague
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Pope Boniface IV vs. King Philip IV of France
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Philip refused to obey Boniface and held him
prisoner demonstrating the declining power of the
papacy.
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Forced the Church to chose a French pope to
replace Boniface after his death.
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Pope Clemente V moved the papacy to Avignon in
FranceA. RESULT This weakened the Church
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The Great Schism (1377-1414) after the papacy
returned to Rome, the College of Cardinals was
forced to choose an Italian pope. A French
cardinal claimed to be pope and set up court in
Avignon.
ROME ITALY
AVIGNON FRANCE
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A. RESULT Weakened church even further
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Hundred Years War
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I. 1337-1453 War between France and England
over control of each others throne - Fought
mainly in France
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1. Joan of Arc 1429 a French peasant girl
believed God had told her free France from
England
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A. Joan of Arc led the French army into battle
and won the Battle at Orleans, freeing France
from England
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B. Later she was captured in battle and tried
for being a heretic (someone whose beliefs went
against those of the Catholic Church)
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A. RESULT Weakened church even further
C. She was condemned as a witch and a heretic
(she claimed to hear voices). She was tied to a
stake and burned to death.
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2. French knights were helpless against the
longbow during the Hundred Years War. This
brought an end to the power/prestige of knights
and the Age of Chivalry
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Results of the Hundred Years War decrease in
chivalry and knighthood due to longbow
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Results of the Hundred Years War increase in
French power monarchy
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Results of the Hundred Years War Created a
feeling of nationalism (a sense of loyalty
and pride in ones country) in France
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The end of the Hundred Years War (1453) is
considered the end of the Middle Ages. It is
the end of
Age of Chivalry Age of Faith Age of Feudalism
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Middle Ages Notesheets- Vocabulary Sheet- The
Middle Ages (500-1500)- Feudalism - Medieval
Life Chart- Chivalry- Manors- Medieval Roman
Catholic Church- Crusades- Later Middle Ages
(1000-1500)- Magna Carta
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EFFECT
CAUSE
Invention of the Longbow
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Three-Field System
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