The High Middle Ages

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The High Middle Ages

• Rise of Royal Power

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In the weeks aheadwe will look at the decline of
feudalismleading us to the .

• The Crusades
• The Rise of Nation States
• Absolute Monarchies
• ROYAL POWER!
• The Crusades
• Rising Middle Class
• Introduction of Gunpowder

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Beginning of the Nation-State

• English, French and Spanish monarchs unite people
  who share a common nationality
• Loyalty shifts back from local lord/fief to the
  king/nation
• England united under Alfred

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Developments in England

• William the Conqueror (1066-1087) William, the
  Duke of Normandy defeated Lord Harold at the
  Battle of Hastings

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William the Conqueror

• Government
• Language
• Culture
• Domesday Book
• Salisbury Oath
• Strengthens monarchy

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King Henry II (1154-1189)

• King Henry II
• Royal Courts
• Common Law
• Battle with the Church
• Henry and Becket

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Henry IIs Sons

• King Richard I (the Lion heart)
• King John (NOT loved!)
• How do they impact modern culture?

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Richard I
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King Johns 3 Foes

• FOE 1 - King Philip II of France
• Loss of Lands
• Anjou and Normandy
• FOE 2 Nobles
• forced King John to sign the Magna Charta at
  Runnymeade in 1215
• Monarchs power limited not absolute
• FOE 3 Pope Innocent III
• excommunication and interdict for all of England

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Magna Charta

• Document signed outside London, by King John of
  England, that limits English royal power it
  exemplifies feudal relationships of mutual
  obligation

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Parliament and Edward I

• Great Council (middle-class representatives)
• Model Parliament
• Parliament The House of Lords and The House of
  Commons

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King Edward
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Rise of France
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Developments in France

• After the rule of the Carolingian family
  (Charlemagne) came Capetian rule

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Capetian Kings

• French King Philip Augustus
• Philip II
• 1180-1223

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Capetian Kings

• King Louis IX
• (1226-1270)
• Louis and the Church
• Achievements

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Capetian Kings

• Philip the Fair 1285-1314
• Taxes and the Church
• The Estates General

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