PART 1 Simon De Montfort and Barons War Flashcards
steward
-person who managed the kings finances and estates, sometimes managed kings foreign interests
pious
someone who was deeply religious
autocrat
-ruler who holds all power
model parliament
- first parliament to represent what parliament looks like today including the houses of commons and Lourdes
- 1295 King Edward I calls model parliament in order to gain money to conquer Scotland and Wales
Who was Simon De Montfort
- 6th earl of Leicester 1239 - 1265
what Simon De Montfort do in 1229
-approach king Henry III and ask for land family had lost and agreed and made De Montfort his steward
Henry III background
- repeated the same mistakes as his father John I
- always short of money
- lost 2 major wars in France
Why did Henry III fall out with the Barons
- due to his pious nature and relationship with Church
- allowed the Church to influence how he ruled England which led to many financial problems for the king and Barons
Why did Henry III need the Barons
- 1254- he needed money to avoid being excommunicated by the Church
- Barons idd not support the Kings plan to raise taxes as he had lost land in France
- De Montfort soon became the kings spokesperson
what did De Montfort do in 1258 and what happened
- De Montfort called the Great Council meeting with the king
- in which he agreed to the Provisions of Oxford
What were the provisions of Oxford and why where they needed
- Barons set out to change the shape of royal control in England
- Under leadership of De Montfort they called a meeting against Henry
- Barons could now make decisions without Kings approval or presence
- King could not make decisions without approval of the Great council
The Provisions of Oxfords terms
- foreign members of royal household banished and all castles should be held by English men
- barons divided so king did not sign so Simon demontfort asked to lead army against king – Henry and his son captured after battle of lewes
Why did some barons dislike the provisions?
- older barons
- younger barons
//older barons// -eg Richard de Clare Earl of Gloucester felt changes were interfering with local interest //younger barons// -who were not elected to the great council felt that they had lost influence and unhappy that it gave people on a lower social scale more say
Provisions of Westminster
October 1259
- extended prov of Oxford
- reformed local government,ent and popular with less powerful in society
- barons unhappy that they were forced to accept reforms demanded by peasants
how did Henry III do to regain his power and what did Simon De Montfort do in retaliation / as a result
- 1261 henry wrote to Pope and asked to cancel provisions and the Pope confirmed that Henry was free from provisions
- henry elected his own men to the council and De Montfort fled to France in disgust