Week of 1/23/12

Monday Magna Carta (in class assignment; finish for HW if not done in class)Tuesday French Monarchy and HRE and papacyWednesday 12-4 Review questions due; review in class and quiz on 12-4ThursdayTest review in classFriday Test on Ch. 12; begin Guided Reading for 13-1.

England and English holdings in France; 12th and 13th centuries

What led to the Magna Carta in England?

The Norman and Plantagenet kings in England became quite powerful in the 11th 12th and 13th centuries; kings took power at the expense of feudal lords.

King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta; John was disliked and tried to take too much away from feudal lords.

France in 1328

How did the monarchy in France become so strong?Over many years, the French monarchy slowly took

rights away from feudal lords; it was so slow that there wasn’t the backlash that there was in England.

Examples:Louis VI took advantage of the growing number of towns in

France in the 12th century, granting them self-government and they became more loyal to the king.

Philip II Augustus doubled the area of his domain through marriage and war; he appointed local officials loyal to him.

Louis IX outlawed private warfare and worked to give only the king the power to mint coins

Philip IV increased territory by defeating England and Flanders in war; he wanted to use the Estates-General to raise taxes nationally instead of locally.

Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century

Why did conflicts develop between rulers and popes?The Holy Roman Emperors are the descendants of

Lothair; by the 1100’s the Empire controls most of modern day Germany.

Otto the Great and his successors claimed the right to intervene in the election of popes; popes claimed the right to choose and depose kings and emperors.

The emperors had difficulty gaining power because of powerful local lords.

The Concordat of Worms allowed the emperor to choose bishops in the empire and gave the pope the power to reject unworthy candidates.