Chapter 10.3 Vocab

A French Nobleman who invaded England in 1066. He defeated the English King at the Battle of Hastings. By conquering England the French and Anglo-Saxon language merged creating English.

• William the Conqueror

• Henry II

• Philip II Augustus

• Frederick the I

A crucial battle in 1066 in England which was won by William the Conqueror

• The Battle of Hastings

• The Battle of Anjou

• The Battle of London

• The Battle of Middlesbrough

A system of law that standardizes law between different areas. It reduces the confusion of what is or is not legal.

• Common Law

• Standard Law

• Uncommon Law

• Equal Law

the “Great Charter” of rights, which King John was forced to sign by the English nobles at Runnymede in 1215

• Magna Carta

• Regal Mandate of Freedom

• Royal Accord of Liberties

• Monarch's Compact of Privileges

Established the English Parliament the first representative form of government. It had a House of Commons and a House of Lords

• Edward the I

• Henry the II

• William the Conqueror

• Edward the II

In 987 after the last Carolingian king died, the west Frankish nobles made Hugh Capet their king, establishing the _______________ dynasty of French kings. 

• Capetian

• Carolingian

• The Hanoverian

• The Stuart

The reign of _____________, who reigned from 1180 to 1223, was a turning point in the French monarchy, expanding its income and power. ____________ fought wars against the English to take control of the French territories of Normandy, Maine, Anjou, and Aquitaine. _________ successors continued to add lands to the royal domain.

• Philip II Augustus

• Louis IX

• Philip IV

• Louis X

Is a French Parliament of three classes the townspeople, the nobility, and the church

• The Estates

• The People

• The General Assembly

• The Meeting House

The best-known Saxon king of Germany was __________. __________ was a patron of German culture and brought the Church under his control. In return for protecting the pope, ___________ was crowned emperor of the Romans in 962. The title had not been used since the time of Charlemagne.

• Otto the I

• Frederick the I

• Frederick the II

• Barbarossa

______________ planned to get his chief revenues from Italy. He considered Italy the center of a "holy empire," as he called it—hence the name Holy Roman Empire. ____________ attempt to conquer northern Italy led to severe problems. The pope opposed him, fearing that he wanted to include Rome and the Papal States as part of his empire.

• Otto the I

• Frederick the I

• Frederick the II

• Barbarossa