3.1

Question 1

How do you come to power?

Answer 1

• Inheritance
• Right to conquest- Win in battle, proving you have been chosen by God to rule ( as he chose you to win the battle)
• Be promised the throne/ nominated
• Consent of the three realms- church, nobility and commons in parliament

Question 2

What does Male primogeniture mean?

Answer 2

the eldest son inherits the throne/ whatever the parents leave him

Question 3

What is salic law?

Answer 3

Lines that inclueded a woman to inherit the throne were banned

Women were not allowed to rule the throne e.g France

Question 4

What were Over mighty subjects?

Answer 4

Subjects that thought they would do a better job ruling than the king

Entitled Dukes, Lords- people with titles who were on their high horse

Question 5

Who was the last Plantagenets?

Answer 5

Richard III

Question 6

Wars of the Roses dates

Answer 6

1455-85

Question 7

Who fought in the Wars of the Roses?

Answer 7

• Lancastrians- RED
• York- WHITE

Question 8

Who won the Wars of the Roses?

Answer 8

• Yorkists beat lancastrians, things settle down and York rule
• Then the Yorkists fight amongst themselves and the an obscure lancastrian Henry Tudor invades, kills Richard III, marries his niece and declares the war over!