1. No reading for section this week – work on your “Horrible History” assignment (you do need to be in section tomorrow for your presentation) The second paper is due in lecture on Tuesday, March 1

2. Spring History Courses HSTAM 290: Alexander the Great - Green HSTAM 313: Roman Empire – Green HSTAM 333: Late Middle Ages - Urbanski

3. The Problems of State Building Max Weber’s “state” -centralized government -monopoly on violence -defined boundaries Problems of kingship: -Christian kingship -fragmentation of political authority -seigneurie banale -confused hierarchy -lack of rules for royal succession -need for baronial cooperation Henry II of England and Thomas Becket

4. Advantages of kingship: -held balance of power between nobles -support of cities and middle class -changes in military technology -greater resources --regalian rights Chateau Gaillard, built by King Richard in 1196

5. England (Normans) William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087) -Norman Conquest (1066) -Alfred the Great of Wessex (r. 871-899) -royal demesne -Domesday Book (1086) HH Domesday Henry I (r. 1100-1135) -professional administrators -Exchequer Stephen (r. 1135-1154) -civil war Bayeux Tapestry, c. 1080

6. Henry II (r. 1154-1189) -Angevin Empire -Common Law Richard (r. 1189-1199) -gov’t survives in the king’s absence John (r. 1199-1216) -Magna Carta (1215)

7. France (Capetians) Hugh Capet (r. 987-996) -duke of Paris Louis VI (r. 1108-1137) -subdues Ile-de-France -Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis (d. 1151) Louis VII (r. 1137-1180) -wins loyalty through reputation

8. Philip II, Augustus (r. 1180-1223) -Battle of Bouvines, 1214 -curia regis Louis VIII (r. 1223-1226) -Albigensian Crusade -appanage Royal tombs at Saint-Denis

9. Germany and Italy German unification, 1871 Italian unification, 1861 Communes Holy Roman Empire, c. 1200