Chapter 14.3 and 14.4 Flashcards
He was the invader and duke of Normandy
William the conquerer
Henry 2
The English King
Joan of arc
A teenage French girl who felt moved by God to rescue France from its English conquerors
Parliament
A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation
Harold
Williams rival
Battle of Hastings
Normans and anglosaxons fought the battle that changed English history
Hugh Capet
Undistinguished duke, who began the Capetian dynasty of French kings that ruled France from 987 to1328
Philip Augustus
He increased the territory of France. He also seized Normandy from King John
Estates general
An assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, social classes, in France.
Started the model parliament
Edward I
Magna Carta
Great charter - a document guaranteeing basic political rights in England, drawn up by nobles and approved by king john
Philip iv
Ruled France from 1285 to 1314, he disputed the right of the pope to control church affairs in his kingdom.
Boniface viii
He was a pope who attempted to enforce papal authority on kings, he created an official document later after King Philip Iv died stating that kings must always obey popes
John Wycliffe
He preached that Jesus Christ not the pope was the head of the church. He believed the clergy should won no land or wealth. He also taught that the bible alone not the pope was the final authority for christian life. He inspired the English version of the New Testament.
Great schism
A division in the medieval Roman Catholic Church, during which rival popes were established in Avignon and in Rome.
Jan hus
He was inspired by Wycliffe and he believed the bible was in higher authority than the pope.
Avignon
A city in France where popes would live for 69 years
Agincourt
The third English victory battle
Edward the confessor
A descendant of Alfred the great, who took the throne
