Royal Power Grows And Magna Carta Flashcards
King John of England
Son of Henry the ii
Incompetent leader
Cruel untrustworthy disloyal greedy
Created oppressive taxes
The magna carta
Great charter that secured liberties. Other people could veto what the Kings says
Who signed the Magna Carta
King John
Could any faithful man be one of the 25 who served on the council of barons
Yes
Magna Carta 2 main ideas
1)Expanded rights to nobles
Peasants dos not gain rights to later
Later basis for American Revolution
2) the monarch must obey the law
Due process of law
Protecting free men from arrest imprisonment except by legal judgment of his peers or by law of land
Have as corpus
Can’t be charged until proven guilty
Taxation with out representation
No taxes without representation
Crusades
A religious campaign commenced by Christian Europe to vanquish all threats to the church
How many major crusades
9 but there were many others
How long did the crusades last
1095-1300
Who were the enemies
Greek Orthodox Christians
Jews
Pagens
Muslim
Motives for crusade
Unifying Christian church
Defend Christian Europe form invading Muslim armies
Increase Europe wealth
Prevent knights from killing one another
Avenge the destruction of a Christian church
The first crusade
Only successful crusade for Europeans Christians attacked Jerusalem Defend Muslims and Jews Christians seized Jerusalem 1099-killed everyone Established kingdom in Jerusalem
Schism
Splitting of Christian church