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The Norman - Coggle Diagram
The Norman
Society
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No capital: Crowning and all royal records in Westminster, royal treasury in Winchester
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Law and Justice: from Norman and Saxon lasw being mixed to the king's duty to be a judge in needed moments to the origin of a trial by jury (1215)
Religion: massive differences between the royal Church and local churches, belonged to local lords
Ordinary people: 1.5-2 million inhabitants, 90% in the countryside (1066)
villages in South and East England, farms in North and West
Houses made with wooden beams, sticks, mud, thatch and corn
Usual food: ereals and vegetables, and pork for special occasions
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Culture: English Renaissance (12th century), growth of literacy, spread of ideas through Latin language and origin of important universities (Oxford and Cambridge)
Henry and Robert
Robert: duke of Normandy, William II: king of England
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1106: Henry I, king of England and duke of Normandy
William The Conqueror
Lands divided between him, the nobles and the Church
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Dealing with the celts
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1282: Llewelyn Ap Gruffyd, last Welsh chief, was captured and killed
1284: Edward I united West Wales with England; his first son (later Edward II) became the prince of Wales
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Feudalism
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“Every man had a lord, and every lord had land”
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Successions
1154: Henry II, Henry I's grandson, first unquestioned king of the english throne, lord of Anjou and Aquitaine
1189: Richard I, Henry II's son, "Coeur de Lion", fought in the crusades
1199: John, Richard I's brother, new king of England, Scotlad and lord of many lands un France
"Magna Carta"
1215: John I was cornered into signing an agreement after a series of disputes with the lords and the Pope.
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First "colapse" of feudalism: the nobles didn't act as vassals of the king and they were also acting in co-operation with the merchants of London
Church and State
Origin:1066, Norman bishops didn't know who to serve: the Pope or the king
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