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English History and the Royal Family The Doomsday Book A record of all lands and possessions in order to levy taxes Completed in 1086 Half the land in the hands of 170 tenants-in-chief, only two of whom were English barons 1/5 held by the King The rest held by bishops and abbots and other religious leaders Thomas Becket (1118-1170) Archbishop of Canterbury 1162 Close friend of the king Protects a friend accused of murder Exiled for six years “rid me of the meddlesome priest” Tomb becomes a place of pilgrimage Canonized in 1173 Great victory for the church Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) The Canterbury Tales The Crusades The Holy Wars – Taking Jerusalem back from the Muslims 1096 – 1270 A total of 8 Crusades Magna Carta 1215 Financial resources drained due to the crusades and the wars with France The barons’ charter No tax should be made without the approval of the Supreme Council Limit the power of the king Birth of Parliament King John Henry III 1258 demands money to make his son King of Sicily Barons rebel Simon de Montfort summons the Great Council in 1265 2 knights from each county 2burgesses (citizens) from each town Edward I conquers Wales The Hundred Years’ War(1337-1453) Territorial Reasons The increasingly powerful French Kings eyed the English controlled areas in France Economic Reasons English lose the war Blessing in disguise The Black Death 1348-1349 John Wyciffe (1320?-1384) Translated the bible into English Attacked abuses of the Church Salvation depends of predestination and grace Right of all ment to have access to the bible in the venacular Peasant Revolt 1381 Labor wages Wat Tyler John Ball The Lollards Social movement directed at rich clergy and landowners The Wars of the Roses The House of Plantagenet 1459 and 1460 House of Lancaster (Red Rose) House of York (White Rose) Henry Tudor the final winner House of Tudor 1485 He marries Elizabeth of York Martin Luther and the Reformation 1438- 1546 The Protestant Reformation 95 Thesis 1517 Henr