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Mar 1, 800
Medieval France and Normandy ( Centuries IX, X, XI )
-The strongly centralized Carolingian government of France was braking up numerous states
- the feudalism as the principal bond
-Normandy had (powerful under its dukes, respect of others nations)
-Edwar the confessor introduce Norman into England -
Mar 15, 850
the reign of william the conqueror
-Edward the confessor dead.
- Harold was chosen to succeed.
-William duke of Normandy claimed the english throne on the grounds that Edward had promised. -
Dec 15, 1066
the reign of william the conqueror
-William colected a large army , secured the blessing of the pope, invaded England .
-Harold had suppressed English opposition, he was killed at the battle of hastings
- lost England to William, he was crowned king of christmas -
Mar 15, 1067
reign of William the conqueror
-William proceeded to supress rebellions against his auhority
- Scots and Danes suffered and their territory ravanged by William's troops -
Jun 15, 1068
William as king
- William them proceeded to centralize the feudal system of England
- William asserted all the Norman and English rights of kinship -William recode the results of a thorought economic survey of the country
- William introduced mutilations in punishments -William aside large tracts of land for hunting preserves
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Aug 15, 1069
William and the church
-William encouraged the english clergy to set up courts.
- William controled appointments to church offices
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Mar 15, 1076
ANGLO-NORMAN FEUDALISM
-This term was used to discribe political, economic, social and military conditions in Europa
-specially after the death of Charlemagne
- Before the rise of adsolute monarchies
- The characteristics were a pwerful nobility, a numerous peasantry, weak kings and almost constant petty warfare
-William and his successors to extend in England -
Feb 15, 1077
chavalry feudalism
-really affected only a few of the upper classes, was neverthelessspectacular and has fromed the theme of many a song story
- its knights, who swore swore to protect the church, the ladies and the helpless, gallantly fared forth in search of adventure and combat -
Mar 15, 1077
Origin and nature Feudalism
- the great states of roman empire had many meany feactures similar to Medieval feudalmors -the romans controled his villas like a lord feudal
- immunities they were called weakened the central power and promoted feudalism
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Jul 15, 1077
complexities of the system feudalism
-contained many contradictions
- a king might be a vassal of another king and really be more powerful that his lord
- vassals might be more responsible to their immediate overlord their king
- there was always danger of a combination of vassals against the king -
Mar 15, 1079
elements of feudalism
-the personal elements was prominent, the vassal taking oaths of loyalty and promisisng to defend
-land economic for the king or lord granted large tracts of land called fiefs to others losrds or vassals
-there was also a military elemente -
Mar 15, 1080
FEUDALISM IN ENGLAND
- several conditions combined to developed feudalism in Anglo-Saxon England
- weak central government, disorder, wealth computed in land instead of in money and the danish invasions
- the land tenure practice had not become common, however and military service was not always rendered in return for land
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May 15, 1087
WILLIAM RUFUS
- he was a son of William the conqueror, became in king of England by will of this father and the sanction of great council -he had the support reather to robert -William Rufus was a good soldier and was courteous and energetic -he became involved in a bitter quarrel with anselm, archbishop o canterbury
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Mar 15, 1106
HENRY I
-Henry I defeated duke Robert of Normandy when that individual attemped to dethrone him
- leater he in invaded Normandy and conquered it -
Mar 15, 1107
Henry I
- he recalled Anselm as archbichop of Cantebury and made a treaty with hem on the investure question -it provided that highter clergy should be elected in the presence of the king or his official -in domestic affairs: he reformed the great council by requiring constant attendance of a select group -he began the practice of extending the king's justice through itinerant judges
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Mar 15, 1120
ANGLO- NORMAN CIVILIZATION
-with the death Stephen the directline of Norman kings ended
- the new family the Angevins came into power
- in church affairs the Norman clergy who came to England introduced many reforms and improved economic conditions in the church
- they purget the benedictine and cluniac monasteries of immoral influence -
Mar 16, 1122
ANGLO-NORMAN CIVILIZATION
-with the death of Stephen the direct line of Norman kings ended
-new family the Angevins came into power
-the Norman clergy who came to England introduced many reforms and improved economic conditions in the church -
Mar 16, 1122
schools and scholars
-the church flowed in influences that promoted learning
-Lafranc, Anselm, Jhon of Sailsbury, Theobald of Stampes and other learned men from Europe came to England -
Mar 15, 1135
STEPHEN VERSUS MATILDA
- upon death of Henry I his nephew, Stephen of blois (France) ascended the throne
- the Henry's daughter Matilda who fled to normandy
- Stephen antagonized some of the leading churchmen and nobles -M atilda continued to assert her claims to the thronewhereupon a period of civil war confusion
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Mar 15, 1153
Stephen and Matilda
-it provided that Stephen should be king for life but Matilda's son Henry who Controlled Normandy, Anjou, Maine nad Aquitaine should succeed him