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987
Important Rulers (France): Hugh Capet, r. 987-996
-Officially elected Monarchy
-Arranged that his son be "elected"
-French monarchy becomes hereditary instead of elective -
Period: 1000 to 1300
The High Middle Ages
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Period: 1050 to 1080
Growth of Papal Power
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1059
Growth of Papal Power :1059
-Church Council announces Popes will be selected by the College of Cardinals
-Clerical Marriages declared invalid
-Clerical celibacy re-imposed -
1073
Growth of Papal Power: Pope Gregory VII (r. 1073- 1088)
-Gregorian Reform
-Initiates Papal primacy
-Pope is head of the church, above all other clergy
-Pope is also above nobles, Kings, and Emperors -
1084
Growth of Papal Power: Henry VI (r. 1084-1105)
-Political confrontation between the Pope and Emperor
-Pope excommunicates the Emperor
-Emperor captures the Pope, but the Pope dies while in captivity -
1096
Warfare: First Crusade 1096-1099
-Conquest for Jerusalem
-Catholic holy was against Islam -
1122
Growth of Papal Power: Concordat of Worms
-Pronounced "verms"
-was a treaty with the Pope
-Recognized Bishops as temporal leaders as well as church leaders -
1122
Important Rulers (France): Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1122-1204
-Wife of King Louis XII of France and King Henry II of England
-Wealthy by her own right
- Mother to Richard I and John -
1123
Growth of Papal Power: First Lateran Council
-Gathering of 300 Bishops and more than 600 Abbots in Rome
-Called upon by Pope Callixtus II
-Clarified the separation of spiritual and temporal affairs -
1147
Warfare: Second Crusade 1147-1149
-A complete failure
-Was a response to the fall of Edessa in 1144 -
1154
Important Rulers (England): Henry II 1154-1189
-Created the Circuit court system, case law, trial by jury and indictment jury
-Blamed and publicly punished for the murder of Thomas Beckett, the Arch Bishop of Canterbury (1118-1170) -
1189
Warfare: Third Crusade 1189-1192
-Known as the Kings' Crusade
-Fought by King Richard the Lionhearted, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, King Philip Augustus of France, and Saladin
-An attempt to recapture Jerusalem -
1199
Important Rulers (England): King John 1199-1216
-Brother of Richard the Lion- Heart
-Signed the Magna Carta, A charter of English liberties, created to make peace between the King and a group of rebel barons
-Created Scutage, A payment by the nobles to the Monarch in lieu of personal service -
1202
Warfare: Fourth Crusade 1202-1204
-Pope Innocent II calls for another crusade
-Results in the sacking of Constantinople -
1226
Important Rulers (France): Louis IX, r. 1226-1270
-Establishes reliable coinage
-Prohibits private warfare among the nobles
-Beloved by his people
