1. Monday  Magna Carta (in class assignment; finish for HW if not done in class) Tuesday  French Monarchy and HRE and papacy Wednesday  12-4 Review questions due; review in class and quiz on 12-4 Thursday  Test review in class Friday  Test on Ch. 12; begin Guided Reading for 13- 1.

4.  The Norman and Plantagenet kings in England became quite powerful in the 11 th 12 th and 13 th centuries; kings took power at the expense of feudal lords.  King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta; John was disliked and tried to take too much away from feudal lords.

6.  Over many years, the French monarchy slowly took rights away from feudal lords; it was so slow that there wasn’t the backlash that there was in England.  Examples:  Louis VI took advantage of the growing number of towns in France in the 12 th century, granting them self-government and they became more loyal to the king.  Philip II Augustus doubled the area of his domain through marriage and war; he appointed local officials loyal to him.  Louis IX outlawed private warfare and worked to give only the king the power to mint coins  Philip IV increased territory by defeating England and Flanders in war; he wanted to use the Estates-General to raise taxes nationally instead of locally.

8.  The Holy Roman Emperors are the descendants of Lothair; by the 1100’s the Empire controls most of modern day Germany.  Otto the Great and his successors claimed the right to intervene in the election of popes; popes claimed the right to choose and depose kings and emperors.  The emperors had difficulty gaining power because of powerful local lords.  The Concordat of Worms allowed the emperor to choose bishops in the empire and gave the pope the power to reject unworthy candidates.