1. Crusaders

2. High Middle Ages 1050-1450 FFFFeudal monarchies headed European society, but had little power. AAAAngles, Saxons and Vikings invaded and settled in England. 1111066 - Anglo Saxon king of England, Edward died. WWWWilliam of Normandy, Edward’s brother in law, invaded England and took control at Battle of Hastings. FFFFrench was spoken in the English court for the next 200 years. Norman ship William of Normandy

3. Foundation of English Common Law  1066 - William I creates Domesday Book for purposes of fair tax collection.  1154 - Henry II broadened system of royal justice. Laid the foundation for English Legal system. Began English Common Law.  Define “common law”  Common law - a legal system based on custom and court rulings.  King John I signs Magna Carta which limited the power of the king.

4. Magna Carta - 1215  No royal official shall take goods from any man without immediate payment.  No free man shall be imprisoned except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.  In future no official shall place a man on trial without producing credible witnesses.  Courts shall be held in a fixed place at a fixed time.  The barons shall elect a House of Lords for the creation of laws.  The English church shall be free.  For a trivial offence, a free man shall be fined only in proportion to the degree of his offence. Due Process of Law

5. The Crusades  1050s – Seljuk Turks invade Byzantine Empire. Extend power over Palestine to the Holy Land and attack Christian pilgrims  1095 – Byzantine Emperor Alexius I asks Pope Urban for help in ridding his empire of Muslim invaders.  Pope Urban agrees to help. Hopes to consolidate his own power, end schism between Rome and Constantinople and keep Christian knights from fighting one another.

6. The Crusades  1099 – Christian knights capture Jerusalem.  1187 – Muslim soldiers under Saladin recapture Jerusalem.  1198 – Pope Innocent III takes office. Claims supremacy over all other rulers.  The Church becomes the most powerful body in Europe.  Crusades continue for next 200 years.

8. Effects of the Crusades on Europe  Economic expansion – increased trade with the Middle East and Byzantine Empire  Growth of Italian trading families.  Growth of money economy  Increased power of the monarchs.  Increased power of the Church  Wider world view  Reconquista in Spain – Muslims and Jews forced to leave or convert.

9. Warm Up: Monday, November 27, 2006 1. I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving Holiday. I am thankful for all of you! 2. If you haven’t sent me your Crusades poster, DO SO NOW!!!!! 3. Open your textbook and read pages 336 and use the map to answer the following question on the BLACK DEATH : 4. List three large cities which were totally or partially spared by the plague and three large cities which were seriously affected by the plague. (Write this question before you answer.)

10. The Black Death

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13. Black Death Power Point  Slide 1 – Define Bubonic Plague and explain its causes. How is it spread?  Slide 2 – When and where did the plague strike during the Middle Ages? Where did it begin? Who was hardest hit? How many died?  Slide 3 – Social and Economic Consequences: 1. Explain the labor shortage that occurred and how it changed Europe. 2. Define and explain the outbreak of anti-Semitism that occurred.