Simon de Montfort

Question 1

Henry III

Answer 1

Repeated similar mistakes to King John, angering the Barons

Question 2

Simon de Montfort

Answer 2

Raised an army for the Barons (Disliked the king due to piety and being put on trial by him\0 and defeated the king at the Battle of Lewes after Henry rejected the provisions of Oxford

Question 3

Provisions of Oxford

Answer 3

Fifteen barons would make up a great council as elected by 24 men (12 of the King, 12 of the Barons)
Foreign members of the royal household would be banished
Castles would be help by Englishmen
Each county would have a sheriff to collect taxes locally

Question 4

First Parliament

Answer 4

De Montfort called the first parliament of commoners when he felt as though his support was shrinking. However he did this without consultation and angered his fellow barons

Question 5

Death of de Montfort

Answer 5

Barons felt he was acting too much like a king a switched support to King Henry III who defeated him at the Battle of Evesham where he was hacked to death on the battlefield

Question 6

Significance

Answer 6

Commoners to be consulted on national matters in the future
Parliament to approve taxes in future
Became a symbol and martyr of democracy and freedom