GROWTH OF ROYAL

POWER IN ENGLAND AND

FRANCE

(Chapter 9 Section 1)
 MONARCHS

NOBLES AND CHURCH

BUREAUCRACY
 ENGLAND
• Duke William became King of england after battling Harold in 1066.
• Over the next 300 years, a Norman French and Anglo Saxon nation occurred.
• 1086- DOMESDAY BOOK.-------------------exchequer---------------exchequier
• 1154 Henry II ----------ENGLISH COMMON LAW & JURY.
• Conflict with the Church. Thomas Becket.
“what a pack of fools and cowards I have nourished”, “that not one of them will avenge
me of his turbulent priest”
• Jhon (Henry´s son) faced three powerful enemies : Phillip II, Pope Innocent III, English
nobles.
• Excommunication and Interdict--------------Jhon accept England as a fief of the
papacy.
• Jhon angered his own nobles with oppressive taxes and abuses of power.

MAGNA CARTA= GREAT CHARTER

 MAGNA CARTA
• A Group of barons concerned Jhon and forced him to sign the carta.
• It listed feudal rights including:
• legal rights of townnspeople and the Church, arbitrary arrest except legal judgement
of his peers, not to raise new taxes without consulting (American Colonists).
TWO MAIN IDEAS

Nobles had certain rights and it would be extended to all English.

The monarch must obey the law.
 DEVELOPING OF THE PARLIAMENT

• Parler----------”to talk”
• Unified England
• “what touches all should be approved by all”
• Representatives of the common people, lords and clergy.