Power And The People (1,2,3) Flashcards

1
Q

How did the knights have power?

A

Given land if promised to fight for king when needed

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2
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How did the barons have power?

A

They had land and have the king money + men to fight

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3
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Who did King John fall out of favour with?

A

The Pope

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4
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Why did King John and the Pope disagree?

A

Pope wanted Stephen Langton to be archbishop but king wanted someone less loyal

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5
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Who did the Pope want as archbishop?

A

Stephen Langton

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6
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How did the Pope retaliate to King John?

A

Cancelled all church services

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7
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Why was King John not good in battle?

A

Lost territory in France

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8
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What was King John nicknamed?

A

‘Lackland’ and ‘softsword’

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9
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Why were barons angry at King John?

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They thought they were going to go to hell

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10
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What did King John ignore?

A

The demands of the Great Council

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11
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What did barons have to pay?

A

Scutage

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12
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Where was the Magna Carta singed?

A

Runnymede

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13
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When was the Magna Carta singed?

A

1215

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14
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What did the Magna Carta say about imprisonment?

A

No one should be arrested without trail

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15
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What did the Magna Carta say about merchants?

A

That they should be able to travel around England freely

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16
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What was Clause 61?

A

A group of 25 barons should be created to monitor the King

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17
Q

Why did he First Barons War start?

A

King John said he was forced to sign the Magna Carta

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18
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What did the Pope say about the Magna Carta?

A

That it was invalid

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19
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Who did the barons have the support of in the First Barons War?

A

The French

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20
Q

What have King John the upper hand?

A

Siege of Rochester in 1215

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21
Q

What did the barons promise King Louis?

A

The English throne

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22
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Who did the barons and Prince Louis have the support of?

A

The Scottish King

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23
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What happened in 1216?

A

Prince Louis annoyed as King of England

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24
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Who becomes king after King John?

A

King Henry |||

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25
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Who benefited from the Magna Carta?

A

Barons, church and merchants

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26
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What did Henry ||| agree to?

A

The Magna Carta

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27
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When did King John die?

A

1216

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28
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What was was King Henry’s |||relationship like with the Pope?

A

Close

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29
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What did the Pope use Henry ||| for?

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To fight wars in Sicily

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30
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How did Henry ||| upset the Pope?

A

Did not pay the Pope money to fight

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31
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How did the Pope respond to Henry |||?

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Threatened to excommunicate

32
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Who did King Henry ||| send to win back land in France?

A

Simon De Montfort

33
Q

What land did Simon De Montfort win back?

A

Gascony

34
Q

Why were the barons angry with Henry |||?

A

French family had jobs in the English court and Italian clergy had jobs in the church

35
Q

When were the Provisions of Oxford?

A

1258

36
Q

What did the Provisions of Oxford mean for the King?

A

He could not make decisions without the approval of the Council

37
Q

What did the Provisions of Oxford mean for the barons?

A

They could make decisions without the kings approval

38
Q

What was the Council made up in 1258?

A

15 barons decided by 24 men (12 from king, 12 from barons)

39
Q

What did the Provisions of Oxford mean for the French?

A

Foreign members would be banished

40
Q

What happened in 1259?

A

The Provisions in Westminster

41
Q

What did the Provisions of Westminster do?

A

Gave more power to less powerful and wealthy in society

42
Q

Who did Henry ||| gain the support of?

A

Barons who didn’t like Simon De Montfort it the Provisions

43
Q

What did the Pope say was okay to do in 1261?

A

Cancel the Provisions

44
Q

How did Henry ||| regain power?

A

Appointed his own men to the Great Council

45
Q

Where did the Second Barons War begin?

A

Battle of Lewes

46
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When did the Second Barons War begin?

A

1264

47
Q

Who won the Second Barons War?

A

The monarchy

48
Q

What happened after the Battle of Lewes?

A

King Henry was imprisoned and Prince Edward was captured

49
Q

What did Simon De Montforts Council consist of?

A

Nine of his closest friends

50
Q

How was the ‘Commons’ created?

A

De Montfort invited the burgesses and knights to get the ordinary people’s support

51
Q

What did the barons start to worry about Simon De Montfort?

A

He was an autocrat

52
Q

What happened at the Battle of Evesham?

A

Henry, with the support of the barons, best De Montfort

53
Q

Who did Henry ||| have support from to defeat De Montfort?

A

The barons

54
Q

When was the Battle of Evesham?

A

1265

55
Q

What did King Edward mean from his father?

A

To call many meetings of the Great Council

56
Q

What did Edward call in 1295?

A

The Model Parliament

57
Q

What did the Black Death men’s for Peasants wage?

A

There were less workers so they could demand higher wages

58
Q

What did King Richard || raise?

A

Poll tax

59
Q

Why did King Richard || introduce poll tax?

A

To pay for the Hundred Years War

60
Q

How many goats did people have to pay pear year to the King?

A

4

61
Q

What did King Edward ||| pass?

A

The Stature of Labourers

62
Q

What did the Statute of Labourers do?

A

Restricted the movement and wages of peasants

63
Q

What did the Church make people pay?

A

Pardons

64
Q

When did the Peasants Revolt happen?

A

1381

65
Q

What did the peasants do to clerks?

A

They beheaded the tax collectors clerks

66
Q

Who was the peasants leader?

A

Wat Tyler

67
Q

Who do the peasants free at Maidstone?

A

John Ball

68
Q

What do the peasants do at Rochester Castle?

A

Burn tax records

69
Q

What did King Richard || agree to?

A

Wat Tyler’s demands

70
Q

Who do the peasants kill?

A

The Archbishop of Canterbury

71
Q

How did Richard || go back on his word?

A

He said he had been forced to agree to the demands

72
Q

What happened to the rebel leaders?

A

John Ball and Wat Tyler’s heads were stuck on spikes

73
Q

What happened to the Poll Tax after the revolt?

A

It stopped

74
Q

What happened to peasants wages after the revolt?

A

Began to rise

75
Q

What happened to the Statute of Labourers after the revolt?

A

It was withdrawn