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High Middle Ages - Coggle Diagram
High Middle Ages
England
Alfred The Great
Drove out the Danes
Established a strong monarchy
Created an English navy
Created a system of local government
Emphasized Education
William of Normandy
Made himself king by military conquest
Introduced feudalism to England
Established a strong government structure
Asserted his power over the church
Created a record of his subjects and taxed them.
Henry ll
Created a strong royal court system
Employed traveling judges
Wrote a list of english laws
Strengthened his power over the church
John
Faced great internal and external conflict
Became wealthy from very high taxes
Stoned the Magma Carta
Gave the English basic rights
Placed limits on the kings power
Edward 1
Extended English territory
Created the English parliament
France
Hugh Capet
Extended French territory
Created a strong and powerful government
Made strong alliances with the church
Grew the wealth of the government
Phillip ll
Extended French territory a lot
Defeated the English
Employed royal officials to rule over France
Louis lX
Protection for all citizens
Created a supreme court
Philip lV
Expanded the Monarchy's power
Created extremely high taxes
Taxed the clergy
Fought the pope over taxes
Created the Estates-General
Holy Roman Empire
Otto l
Used the support of the church to extend his power
Defeated the Magyars
Conquered Italy and was crowned emperor by the pope
Made the Holy Roman Empire the most powerful in the state
Henry lV
Rebounded after military defeated by the pope
Crushed an internal rebellion
Invaded Italy and seized Rome
Installed a new pope
Frederick ll
Conquered a lot of land in Italy
Almost united Germany and Italy