Later Middle Ages

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Later Middle Ages

• E. Bowling

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Magna Carta
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Magna Carta Causes Changes in England

• This document listing rights that the king could
  not ignore was called Magna Carta. It is a Latin
  phrase meaning Great Charter. The document was
  written by a group of nobles in 1215.

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The Effects of Magna Carta

• This document required the king to honor certain
  rights and it began to establish a democratic
  government.
• Examples
• Habeas Corpus- you have the body You cannot be
  kept in
• jail without a reason
• 31- Neither we nor any royal official will take
  wood for out castle, or for any other purpose,
  without the consent of the owner
• 38- In future no official shall place a man on
  trial upon his own unsupported statement,
  without producing credible witnesses to the
  truth of it

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Changes after Magna Carta

• Magna Carta inspired the English to find more
  ways to limit the kings power. The council
  developed into Parliament, the law-making body
  that governs England today. Over the years,
  membership in Parliament was opened to knights
  and town leaders.

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The Hundred Years War
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Course of the War

• This war lasted about 100 years. In 1328, the
  king of France died with no sons, and two men
  claimed his throne. One was French and the other
  was the king of England. In the end, the French
  man became king. The English king later invaded
  France. This invasion began a long conflict
  between England and France (The Hundred Years
  War). After 100 years of fighting, a teenage
  peasant girl, Joan of Arc, rallied the French
  troops.

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Results of the War

• In England, Parliaments power grew because the
  king needed Parliaments approval to raise money
  to pay for the costly war. In France, the kings
  power grew. During the war, the king had become
  popular with his nobles. Fighting the English
  had created a bond between them. As a result,
  the nobles supported the king after the war as
  well.

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The Black Death
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Where it came fromHow it SpreadWhat disease it
was

• The Plague originally came from central and
  eastern Asia. Unknowingly, traders brought rats
  carrying disease to Mediterranean ports in 1347.
  From there it quickly swept throughout most of
  Europe.
• -This wiped out 25 million people
• -Plague survivors found their skill in demand and
  charged a lot more for their work