1. The High Middle Ages 1050-1450 (Chapter 8 in online book)

2. Growth of Royal Power in England and France

3. Monarchs, Nobles, and the Church pg. 58
Monarchs were relatively weak
Church and nobles had more power
Why?____________________________________
How did monarchs increase power?___________________________________________________________________
Collected taxes, had courts, had armies; royal justice undermined feudal and church courts, ties with middle class

4. English Kings strengthen their power (pg59)
Norman Conquest
Duke William of Normandy 1066 (William the Conqueror)
Expanding Royal Power
Creates new laws:
Exchequer-
Developing a Unified Legal System
Common law-_____________________________
Jury-_____________________________________
Vassal swears allegance to king not lord, Domesday Book –to collect taxes (census); treasury to collect taxes; royal court based on court rullings and customs (charged fees)

5. Conflict With the Church (pg 59/60)
English Kings strengthen their power (pg59)
Conflict With the Church (pg 59/60)
King Henry II claimed the right to try the clergy in royal courts.
Archbishop of Canterbury opposed the king’s move. Result: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Murdered by knights in his cathedral -

6. Evolving Traditions of English Government (pg 60)
The Magna Carta
Henry’s son, King John battles with the pope, King of France, and the nobles
In 1215, after angering nobles
with new taxes, King John was forced to sign the________________________.
Protected the rights of: ___________________
Two important ideas: 1._________________, ________________
Due process of law: ________________________
Habeas corpus:____________________________
Nobles, church, and townspeople. 1nobles had certain rights 2monarch must obey law, , agreed not to raise taxes without consulting is Great Council of lords or the clergy

7. Evolving Traditions of English Government (pg 60)
Development of Parliament
Great council evolved into the __________________.
Who made up this group? _______________________________
Set up framework for England’s legislature
Parlieament; common people (two nights from each county as well as representatives from town), clergy, and lords

8. Successful Monarchs in France (pg 62)
Philip Augustus (Philip II)
Middle class
Granted charters to new towns
Strong army
New national tax
Quadrupled royal land holdings

9. Successful Monarchs in France (pg 62)
Louis IX, King and Saint 1226
Perused religious goals
Persecuted heretics and ________________________________ and led knights into wars (Crusades) against _________________________.
Outlawed ___________________ and _______________________.
By 1270, France was an efficient monarchy.
Jews, muslims; private wars and serfdom

10. Successful Monarchs in France (pg 62)
Philip IV Clashes With the Pope
Tried to collect taxes from the ____________________.
Pope Boniface VIII
Estates General in 1302
Clergy; oppoesed and was beaten but died later; made of clergy, noble, and townspeople

11. The Holy Roman Empire and the Church (pg 65)

12. The Holy Roman Empire (pg 65)
Duke Otto I of Saxony took the title of king of Germany.
Worked closely with the Pope
“Holy Roman emperor”
The _______________ were the real rulers.
Dispute over appointment of _______________
Holy roman- holy crowned by pope; Roman- hiers to roman empire; vassals; clergy

13. Conflict Between Popes and Emperors (pg66)
Pope Gregory VII
Aroused more anger than any other pope. Why?____________________________________________________
Outlawed lay investiture-_______________________________
Emperor Henry IV
Argued that the bishops
fief was royal, not __________________.
New laws arrogance, can be judged by no one, kiss my feet, appoint bishops, appoint and remove emperors; secular appointment of bishops;

14. Conflict Between Popes and Emperors (pg66)
The Struggle Intensifies
In 1076, Gregory VII excommunicated Henry
Result: __________________________________________
Concordat of Worm:_____________________________________________________________________________________
Begged for his forgiveness and got it. Then he led an army to Rome and forced the pope into exile; pope and emperor shared giving bishop authority;

15. The Height of Church Power (pg 68)
Pope Innocent III
took office in 1198, claimed absolute rule.
Excommunicated King John and placed his kingdom under interdict.
He did the same to Philip II. Why?
War with the Albigensians in France. Why?
He tried to annul his marriage; wanted to reform the church simple ways