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William's son Henry I died the barons took sides in a violent struggle for power between Henry's daughter Matilda and his nephew Stephen
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When Matilda's son Henry Plantagenet took the throne as Henry II.
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He was forced to sign the Magna Carta("Great Charter"), which limited royal authority by granting more power to the barons and thus was an early step on the road to democracy.
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Established the inclusion of commoners (eventually to become the house of commons) as well as barons ( The "House Of the Lords") in the council
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Wycliffe's reform efforts took place during the hundred year war a long struggle between England and France.
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Richard Forced abdication which brought Henry IV to the English throne.
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England lost nearly all of its french possessions
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The fighting known as the wars of the roses ended, when the Lancastrian Henry tudor killed the yorkist king richard III at bosworth field and took the throne as Henry VII