1. The Growth of Royal Power in England & France

2. William becomes King of England At the Battle of Hastings, William defeats Harold to become the King of England

3. William the Conqueror and his successors gain royal power in England 1.Granted fiefs to church and nobles; kept large amounts of land for the throne 2.Monitored who and where castles were built 3.Vassals had to swear first allegiance to the king 4.took a census of every castle, field and pigpen in order to build an efficient tax system – Domesday Book building an efficient way to collect taxes 5. created royal exchequer (treasury)

4. Hugh Capet becomes King of France Hugh Capet was elected to be King of France by Frankish nobles because they thought he was weak and would be easy to control…they were wrong.

5. Hugh Capet and the Capetians gain royal power in France 1.Made the throne hereditary 2.Added land by playing nobles against each other 3.Built a bureaucracy that collected taxes and enforced royal law 4.Gave Middle Class paid jobs as officials so they would owe royalty loyalty 5.Ended serfdom

6. What similarities and differences exist between the way royal power was asserted in England and France?

8. SimilaritiesDifferences

9. SimilaritiesDifferences Increased the amount of land controlled by royalty Developed ways to collect taxes Took power away from nobility Both built a bureaucracy (William created a treasury) William monitored who built castles William made all vassals in England swear first allegiance to the monarch William created the Domesday Book as a way to determine England’s population Hugh gave jobs to the Middle Class (merchants& artisans) Hugh ended serfdom