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Richard & John Topic 1: Life and Government in England - Coggle Diagram
Richard & John Topic 1: Life and Government in England
Kingship
Act of homage
Display
Orb
- symbol of king's rights & responsibilities as a ruler
The sceptre
- symbolising the king's role as judge
The ring
- 'the seal of holy faith'
The crown
- representing the glory of Kingship. King often wore crown at religious ceremonies to remind his people that he was their duly crowned and anointed king and re-emphasised the importance of the coronation
Coronation ceremony
King crowned in
Westminster
Duties & Responsibilities of King
Judge
Priest
Governor
Manager
Knight
Finances
King Richard = Taxes for Crusade
King John = Taxes to win back Normandy
Tax of 1207, The Thirteenth, created income of £57,000
John introduced more scutages than had been paid under his father
Henry levied 8 in 34 years
John levied 11 in 16 years
Richard levied 3 in 10 years
The Church :
Role of priests
Beliefs
Purgatory
Hell
Heaven
Role of Jews
Anti Jewish Pogroms
Causes
Richard I's coronation
Crusades
Growing Anti-semitism
Other
York 1190
Feudal Hierarchy
What was given up in return for land?
Military service
Knights service
Labour service
Homage
Hierarchy
King
£22,000 per year
Barons
£200 per year
Knights
Around 4,000 in the country
Free men
Villeins
£20 per year
Land distribution
The King
The chruch
Royal Demesne
The lords
Towns & Villages
Life in a Town
Life in a village
Angevin Family Tree
Henry II m. Eleanor of Aquitaine
Richard I
Geoffrey
Arthur
Henry
John