Rise of Nation States: France Hugh Capet
Rise of Nation States: France • King’s Council • Chamber of Accounts • Parlement of Paris
Rise of Nation States: France Philip Augustus
Rise of Nation States: France Growth of Capetian Territory by Philip Augustus Capetian Territory
Rise of Nation States: France Cathedral of St. Chapelle built by Louis IX (St. Louis) • Parlement of Paris
Rise of Nation States: France • Babylonian Captivity • Estates General Philip the Fair (1283 -1314)
Rise of Nation States: France • House of Valois • Hundred Years War Burgundy
Rise of Nation States: France • Brittany • Burgundy Philip XI (1461 -1483)
Rise of Nation States: France
Rise of Nation States: England • Celts
Rise of Nation States: England • Jutes • Angles • Saxons • Anglo-Saxon
Rise of Nation States: England Saxon Kingdoms • Northumbria • Mercia • Wessex • Witan • Shires • Shire-reeves
Rise of Nation States: England Christianity in Ireland England Canterbury St. Patrick St. Augustine
Rise of Nation States: England Vikings and Alfred the Great Danes Alfred the Great
Rise of Nation States: England Edward the Confessor William of Normandy
Rise of Nation States: England The Norman Conquest William the Conqueror
Rise of Nation States: England The Norman Invasion, 1066 Harold of Wessex Battle of Hastings
Rise of Nation States: England William the Conqueror: Battle of Hastings, 1066 (Bayeaux Tapestry) • The Great Council • William II
Rise of Nation States: England Evolution of England’s Political System v Henry I: § William’s son. § set up a court system. § Exchequer dept. of royal finances. Plantagenet Dynasty v Henry II: § established the principle of common law throughout the kingdom. Jury System
Rise of Nation States: England Evolution of England’s Political System v Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted” § Spent most of his reign on military campaigns including the Crusades § Killed in 1199. His brother John became King v John I § Weak ruler. Lost English land to France. § Widely hated. § Forced to sign the Magna Carta.
Rise of Nation States: England The Magna Carta, 1215 1. Couldn’t collect taxes without approval of the Great Council 2. Couldn’t take property without paying for it 3. Accused people were guaranteed a trial by jury “Due Process” 4. The king was not above the law
Rise of Nation States: England The Beginnings of the British Parliament v Great Council became known as Parliament § House of Lords nobles & clergy. §House of Commons knights and citizens. Common Law
Rise of Nation States: England The Hundred Years War Joan of Arc
Rise of Nation States: England Joan of Arc
Rise of Nation States: England The Hundred Years War • Nationalism • Long Bow • Cannon
Wars of the Roses Henry VII Tudor Dynasty
The Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Western European in 1500
Medieval Trade