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Chapter 13- The Rise Of Modern Nations Flashcards

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1066

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The battle of Hastings under William he conquerer, turning point when England started becoming the nation they are today

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Hundred Years’ War

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War England vs France , inspired patriotism amongst French people

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The treaty of verdun

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Set in motion where countries were formed by the sons of Charlemagne

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Hugh Capet

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First king of the modern French nation, chosen by wealthy land owning French nobles to be king from ile de France

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Phillip II

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First to make the monarchy clearly stronger than the nobles. On the crusade of kings with Richard and outlived him, took a lot of English lands on the continent from king John

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Moors

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Muslims who were progressive in philosophy medicine and math etc had an influence in France for 800 years

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Reconquista

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Spain would begin these crusaders against the Muslims in their own country

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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Ferdinand was from Aragon Isabella was from Castillo they marry and bring unity to Spain as a nation and

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Alfonso henriques

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The first king of Portugal very successful in fighting the moors

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When did the age of Portugal’s glory begin

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Under John by 1400 Portugal is leading the way in trading and discovery with new lands

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What did the rise of strong monarchies in Europe do

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Substituted national governments for the irregular and conflicting authorities of feudalism paving the way for progress and civilization

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Celts aka

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Britons came from European mainland

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Roman’s name for Britain

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Britannia

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Augustine

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A missionary from pope Gregory brought the Roman church to England became the first Archbishop of Canterbury

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The Archbishop of Canterbury

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The most influential church office in England

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Venerable bede

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Translated the gospel of John into English wrote bible commentaries and deliberated BC and AD THE

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The Danes

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Vikings who had invaded and controlled England by 870

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Alfred the great

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The first great king of England

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What are some of Alfred the greats accomplishments

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He drove the Danes out of southern England
He established an army and a navy
He established a code of law based on the 10 commandments
He had great books translated into English
He made a running account of current events in the Anglosaxon chronicle
He occupies London

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Who are the three men that wanted the vacant throne in the Norman conquest

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Harald hardrata-Viking
William of Normandy
Harold Godwinson

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What was William the conquerors influence

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He brought the French language to London which Morphed with the Anglosaxon language to become modern English
He created the domesday book
He didn’t let the pope push him around which set a precedent for the English church

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What was the domesday book

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A census compiling information on all the property to be taxed

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Shires and Reeves

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Small units of property (counties).

Reeves are the people appointed to rule them

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How did Henry I display wisdom in governing

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  • known for his fairness
  • established the “charter of liberties” easing taxation
  • established the “Exchecquer”, nobles who would act as judges over financial matters
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First Plantagenet king of England

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Henry II

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What did Henry II do and what did it result in

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-worked hard to reestablish unity
-common law began to develop
-established trial by jury
It resulted in giving the English people a deep respect for their law

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John

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The most hated king in English history because he was manipulated by both Phillip Augustus and pope innocent III

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1215

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At Runnymede, the nobles and clergy presented king John with one of the most important documents in the history of the world-The Magna Carta

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What are the parts of the magma carta that would become a part of the English constitution

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  1. No taxes could be levied without agreement by the Great Council (no taxation without representation)
  2. No denial or delay in justice (later to become the right to appear before a court before being imprisoned , called habeas corpus)
  3. No imprisonment without legal judgement (trail by jury and due process)
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What is a constitution

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The establishment of the written plan which sets up a government and its ruling principles

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Simon DeMontfort

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Led the nobles that took control of the government and called what is considered the first meeting of parliament in English history

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French word- Parler means

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To speak

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What’s the difference between the Great council and the parliament

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The GC was made up of nobles but the parliament included representatives from shires and towns as well as nobles. This was the seed that would grow into representative govt

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Edward I

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Established the model parliament that included two representatives from each shire or town

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Under what king did parliament develop further by dividing into two parts

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Edward I

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Two parts of parliament

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House of Lords (nobles and high church leaders)

House of Commons

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Wycliffe

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An important forerunner to the next ch of history

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Who was the Hundred Years’ War between and what over

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England v France. Over English claims on the French continent

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What came out of the Hundred Years’ War for France

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1 strong feeling of nationality

2. The establishment of absolute power monarchy

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Joan of Arc

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French woman whose claims of “divine voices declaring victory” led the weak king of France to allow her to lead troops into battle. After having success she was captured by the English and burned at the stake as a heretic. Jokes on them it only stirred up patriotism for France

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The war of the roses

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Civil war between the house of Lancaster (red) and the house of York (white)

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What battle ended the war of roses

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Battle of bosworth field

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Who defeated the last York ruler

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Henry Tudor

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Who was the first Tudor king of England

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Henry VII

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What did the beginning of the modern age saw England as

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Standing as an independent nation with a revolutionary system of giver beginning to develop. The struggle for freedom would be hampered, however, by the strong Tudor monarchs that would usher this new period in their history

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Roman word for Spain

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Espania

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The ancient ppl that inhabited Iberian peninsula

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Iberians
Phoenicians
Celts
Carthaginians

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Who did the romans influence Spain

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They became wealthy and romanized. The Spanish language is derived from Roman Latin and the fundamental laws of Spain are based in Roman laws
Spanish culture and religion and Roman culture and basically the same

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How did he moors benefit Spain

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Moorish cities prospered economically and culturally. Th y produced luxuries and untroduced new foods
Scholarship flourished

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Purpose of the Spanish Inquisition

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Destroy all heretics in Spain it accomplished killing and torturing people who refused Romanism

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John Is reign marked the

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Beginning of Portugal’s greatest days of glory b

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What was Portugal like by the end of the Middle Ages

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A strong nation vying for control of commerce in the orient and for territory in distant lands

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Lusitania

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The Roman word for Portugal

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Hugh Capet was a what king

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Capetian

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Who made the French monarchy stronger than any other single noble in France

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Phillip II

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Earliest known inhabitants of British isles

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Celts

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Germanic tribes that invaded Britain during the 5th century

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Angles
Saxons
Jutes

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Who was the first great king of England

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Alfred the great bc he laid the foundations of the great English navy, compiled an English code of law based on bibliography principles, promoted learning, and made Englishmen aware of their common history with the Anglo Saxon chronicle

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Who won the battle of Hastings

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William The conqueror

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Scops

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Saxon wandering poets who devised long poems about war hero’s

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Most influential chu ch office in England

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Archbishop of Canterbury

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Danes

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Group of Vikings that controlled most of England outside Wessex

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Norman conquest

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William he conquerors victory of the battle of Hastings

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