The Making of Europe:

400-1500
Week 6: The ‘revival’ of Government: England

Tomb of King John (1199-1216), Worcester Cathedral

Housekeeping…
Submission dates for primary source commentaries (1000 words each)
1. Assessed Primary Source Commentary 1 (15%): Wednesday 7 March, 12 Noon (week 6)

2. Assessed Primary Source Commentary 2 (35%): Wednesday 25 April, 12 Noon (week 10)

Remember! You must do one commentary on a source from Section A, and the other on a source from
section B. (course handbook p.32)

My contact details:
 Isaac.Boothroyd@Manchester.ac.uk
 Office hour: Wednesday 1-2pm, Sam Alex S2.29
 Seminar Aims:
- To look at the state of English royal power by the late 13th Century
 
- To consider the nature of royal power and government in the 12th
Century, and how it was built
 
- To think about what the results of these developments were, and if
attempts to resist it were successful
The state of English royal power: Caernarfon Castle
15 minutes:

- What is a building
like this designed to
do?

- What would a King

require to build
something like this?

- What does it tell us

about the power,
(and attitude) of the
English King?

Caernarfon Castle, built C.1283

The nature of royal power & government in the 12th & 13th centuries…

England’s 12th & 13th Century rulers: Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III
15 minutes:

- What do the sources reveal about the way government &

administration was changing in this period?
But are attempts to curb royal power successful?

King John signs Magna Carta Simon de Montfort: English rebel, and the father
of Parliament?