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• On what grounds did William of Normandy claim a
  right to the English throne ?

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• On what grounds did William of Normandy claim a
  right to the English throne ?
• He claimed King Edward had promised him the crown
  in 1051 and that Harold had confirmed the
  obligation in 1064

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• 2) Who was Thomas Beckett and what happened to
  him ?

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• 2) Who was Thomas Beckett and what happened to
  him ?
• Archbishop of Canterbury. Came into conflict with
  H II over powers and privileges of church. H II
  allegedly asked, "Who will rid me of this
  turbulent priest?" Four knights killed him in
  Canterbury cathedral.

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• 3) What was Magna Carta and why was it important ?

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• 3) What was Magna Carta and why was it
  important ?
• Magna Carta is a document which King John was
  forced to sign by a group of disgruntled barons
  in 1215. First step in establishing the principle
  that royal power could be restricted by law.

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• 4) Why did Edward III begin the Hundred Years
  War (give at least two reasons)?

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• 4) Why did Edward III begin the Hundred Years
  War (give at least two reasons)?
• Rival claims to Aquitaine/Gascony
• Anglo-French rivalry in the Low Countries

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• 5) Apart from the direct effect of the disease
  measured in terms of the number of people who
  died, what social and perhaps even philosophical
  effects did the Black Death have ?

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• 5) Apart from the direct effect of the disease
  measured in terms of the number of people who
  died, what social and perhaps even philosophical
  effects did the Black Death have ?
• It disrupted the economy and contributed to a
  loss of confidence. Peasants felt able to ask for
  higher wages landlords resisted ...

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• The tension this caused was one of the causes of
  the Peasant's Revolt.
• Perhaps also idea that everyone was equal the
  Black Death a great leveller. Also "poll tax" to
  pay for war in France.
• It took the strain off the land agricultural
  production had been finding it difficult to keep
  up with the pace of population increase.

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• 6) Which were the two dynasties, or houses,
  involved in the Wars of the Roses ?

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• 6) Which were the two dynasties, or houses,
  involved in the Wars of the Roses ?
• York and Lancaster (Yorkists and Lancastrians),
  though in fact the struggle for power was more
  complicated than this duality suggests. White
  Rose York, red rose Lancaster.

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• 7) Give the name and fate of each of Henry VIIIs
  wives

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• 7) Give the name and fate of each of Henry VIIIs
  wives
• Catherine, Anne, Jane, Anne, Catherine, Catherine
• "divorced beheaded died
• divorced beheaded survived"
• (technically not divorced, but marriage annulled)

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1 Catherine of Aragon marriage annulled 1533
2 Anne Boleyn beheaded 1536
3 Jane Seymour died after childbirth 1537
4 Anne of Cleves marriage annulled 1540
5 Catherine Howard beheaded 1542
6 Catherine Parr survived Henry VIII (who died 1547)
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• 8) How did Henry respond to excommunication?

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• 8) How did Henry respond to excommunication?
• By asserting the independence of England from
  Rome. Act of Supremacy, dissolution of the
  monasteries.

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• 9) What were the two sides in the Civil War known
  as? What was the name of the great leader who
  became Lord Protector during the Commonwealth?

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• 9) What were the two sides in the Civil War known
  as? What was the name of the great leader who
  became Lord Protector during the Commonwealth?
• Roundheads and Cavaliers, or Parliamentarians and
  Royalists. Oliver Cromwell.

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• 10) What happened at the "Glorious Revolution"?

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• 10) What happened at the "Glorious Revolution"?
• In 1688 a group of seven senior statesmen,
  worried at the prospect of another Catholic King
  (when James II had a son), invited William of
  Orange and his wife Mary (James II's Protestant
  daughter) to come to England to depose James.
  After some minor fighting James fled ...

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• ... but was soon captured and then escaped (was
  allowed to escape?). William and Mary swore to
  abide by a Declaration of Rights (enacted in 1689
  as "An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of
  the Subject and Settling the Succession of the
  Crown " known as the "Bill of Rights") and were
  crowned.

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• Their arrival had been assisted by a large Dutch
  army ... To all intents and purposes it was a
  coup d'état backed up by Dutch military power to
  depose the King. The Revolution of 1688 was
  relatively bloodless in England, but caused major
  loss of life in fighting in Ireland and Scotland.

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• William was glad to be able to count on the
  support of England in his war against France.