england
early 800's anglo saxons kingdoms covered Britain
Norman conquest 1066
the invader of england of was william duke of normandy wiliam the conqueror
Normandy north men is a region in northern france that hdad been conquered by the vikings
as king edward king of england cousin william claimed the english crown after edwards death and invaded england with a norman army
william conquereors main rival was haraold godwinson an anglo saxon who also claimed the english thrown
in battle of hastings in 1066 the normans defeated the harold and anglo saxons
harold died in battle
william went on the unify th entire country
over next couple centuries enflish kings tried to achieve 2 goals
1 wanted to hold and addd to their french lands 2 thy wantd to strengthen their power over nobbles and churches
common law becane tge basis of english law
due to terrbile leadership of king john softsword richard lionhearted brother and his nickname and magna carta was written
reluctantly signed by king john sofstsword because it limited the kings power
guarenteed people certain political rights
no taxation withour representation
jurry trial
protction of the law
english parliment starts with next english king edward 1295
47 fuedal territories in france 1000A
1987 hugh capet came to power and ushered in the capetian dunasty that would rule france from 987-
pope vs kings 1300s
period was know as the age of faith
religion was extremley important to people
pope bonifance VIII faced off against king IV of france
king philip said he had authority over bishops in france
pope boniface said that kings had to obey popes
philip captures boniface and held prisoner
due to this situation kings would no longe feel forced to obey popes
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