Wars and Social Revolts
HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
THE PLAGUE
EDWARD III
POLL TAX
MIDDLE AGE MOMENTUM
RICHARD III
LOLLARDY
RICHARD II
HENRY TUDOR
WAR OF THE ROSES
William's successors, William II and Henry I (1100-1135) continued to strenghten the power of the State. At Henry's death the country plunged into a civil war: a group of barons refused to recognize the right to the throne of Henry's daughter, Matilda, and supported his nephew Stephen of Blois. When he died, Henry II (1154-1189) was the first Plantagenet king. He married Eleanor of Aquitaine and his kingdom extended from the Scottish borders to the south of France. He establishe a Royal Council to deal with special affairs, from which Parliament developed later.
In order to extend his influence over the church, Henry favored the election of Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury. The dispute became became more critical after the Constitutions of Clarendon (1164), a body of laws asserting the king's supremacy.
It consisted in a dowenward delegation of power: - KING, the only owner of the land, granted part of it to his followers in return for services in war or other customary duties. - VASSALS received, together with the lands, the political right of governing them. For the first time, a strong and central power was created, which afterwards met oppositions above all from the barons.
William the Conqueror is regarded as one of the most outstanding figures of the Middle Ages for his military genius and his wise policy such as the Domesday Book, a survey of the economic resources of the country and their distribution.
When the Normans defeated Harold of Wessex, they brought with them a body of laws which gave a new asset to the country.
William's successors, William II and Henry I (1100-1135) continued to strenghten the power of the State. At Henry's death the country plunged into a civil war: a group of barons refused to recognize the right to the throne of Henry's daughter, Matilda, and supported his nephew Stephen of Blois. When he died, Henry II (1154-1189) was the first Plantagenet king. He married Eleanor of Aquitaine and his kingdom extended from the Scottish borders to the south of France. He establishe a Royal Council to deal with special affairs, from which Parliament developed later.
In order to extend his influence over the church, Henry favored the election of Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury. The dispute became became more critical after the Constitutions of Clarendon (1164), a body of laws asserting the king's supremacy.
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Wars and Social Revolts
HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
THE PLAGUE
EDWARD III
POLL TAX
MIDDLE AGE MOMENTUM
RICHARD III
LOLLARDY
RICHARD II
HENRY TUDOR
WAR OF THE ROSES
William's successors, William II and Henry I (1100-1135) continued to strenghten the power of the State. At Henry's death the country plunged into a civil war: a group of barons refused to recognize the right to the throne of Henry's daughter, Matilda, and supported his nephew Stephen of Blois. When he died, Henry II (1154-1189) was the first Plantagenet king. He married Eleanor of Aquitaine and his kingdom extended from the Scottish borders to the south of France. He establishe a Royal Council to deal with special affairs, from which Parliament developed later.
In order to extend his influence over the church, Henry favored the election of Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury. The dispute became became more critical after the Constitutions of Clarendon (1164), a body of laws asserting the king's supremacy.
It consisted in a dowenward delegation of power: - KING, the only owner of the land, granted part of it to his followers in return for services in war or other customary duties. - VASSALS received, together with the lands, the political right of governing them. For the first time, a strong and central power was created, which afterwards met oppositions above all from the barons.
William the Conqueror is regarded as one of the most outstanding figures of the Middle Ages for his military genius and his wise policy such as the Domesday Book, a survey of the economic resources of the country and their distribution.
When the Normans defeated Harold of Wessex, they brought with them a body of laws which gave a new asset to the country.
William's successors, William II and Henry I (1100-1135) continued to strenghten the power of the State. At Henry's death the country plunged into a civil war: a group of barons refused to recognize the right to the throne of Henry's daughter, Matilda, and supported his nephew Stephen of Blois. When he died, Henry II (1154-1189) was the first Plantagenet king. He married Eleanor of Aquitaine and his kingdom extended from the Scottish borders to the south of France. He establishe a Royal Council to deal with special affairs, from which Parliament developed later.
In order to extend his influence over the church, Henry favored the election of Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury. The dispute became became more critical after the Constitutions of Clarendon (1164), a body of laws asserting the king's supremacy.