Helena Juht
Son of Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda Married Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1152 Crowned king in 1154 Inherited: the English kingdom, Normandy, Anjou, Maine, Touraine, central and south-western France. Immense energy, athletic, tough Intelligent, pillar of justice, generous Defeated by his sons and the king of France in 1189
Becket and Henry II were friends Becket became the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162 Dispute over the role of the Church in England
Henry II: „Will not someone rid me of this turbulent priest?“ Murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 Canterbury became the centre of pilgirimage
Rebellious, popular Spent hardly anytime in England Crusades in the Holy Land “Coeur de Lion” (Lionheart) Educated, musical, wrote verse, could speak latin Was killed in 1199
Unpopular Had taken his nobles' money and had not protected their land in France The next Archbishop? Quarrel with the Pope in 1209 The Pope closed every church in England Accepted the Pope's choice of archbishop.
The predecessor of the Constitution Limited the king's power to tax the barons The rights of the church and the city corporations The right to a fair legal trial The nobles – not vassals, a class Marks a clear stage in the collapse of English feudalism
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