Political and Social Change 18.4 Chapter 18 Section 4
Magna Carta 1215- nobles forced the king to respect their rights Document listed rights the king could not ignore Latin for “Great Charter” Constitutional Monarchy
Effects of Magna Carta habeas corpus EVERYONE had to obey the law people could not be put in jail without a reason. Had to be charged with a crime and convicted by jury EVERYONE had to obey the law Even the king
Changes After Magna Carta Council of nobles created to advise the king Parliament Law-making body that governs England today Opened to knights and town leaders Kings could do little without Parliament’s support. Judicial System Late 1600’s courts free from king’s control
Hundred Years War 1328- French king died 2 men claimed the throne [France, Britain] Lasted over 100 years [1337-1453] Joan of Arc French teenage peasant Rallied the French Was captured and killed by the British 1453- French drove out English
Results of the War England France King lost power Parliaments power grew France King’s power grew Bond with nobles
The Black Death
Ring-a-round a rosie, A pocket full of posies, Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down.
The Black Death 1347- 1352: Deadly plague swept through Europe Came from Asia to ports on the Mediterranean Carried by rats; passed to humans by fleas Killed 1/3 of Europe’s population Estimates of about 25 million people
Sweeping Changes No more manor system Nobody to work in the fields Peasants and serfs could demand wages Earned money; left for cities
“Ring-a-round a rosie” A rosy rash was a symptom of the plague.
A pocket full of posies Herbs were carried as protection and to ward off the smell of the disease
Cremation of the bodies, the burning of victims' houses Ashes! Ashes! Cremation of the bodies, the burning of victims' houses
We all fall down Everybody Dies