1. Chapter 8 Section 1
Royal Power Grows

2. 1000 AD – 1300 AD
High Middle Ages > power shifted from the nobility and Church to the monarchs/kings
Started to centralize power & create nation-states
Regions that share a govt. & are independent of other states

3. English Kings Strengthen Their Power
King Edward dies > fight over throne > Harold vs William
William Duke of Normandy (France)
Wins Battle of Hastings > becomes King of England > 1066
Accomplishments
Census taken > Domesday Book > leads to efficient tax collection > treasury
Expands royal power > lords swore allegiance
Blending of Norman French & Anglo-Saxon customs

4. English Kings Strengthen Their Power
Henry II
Creates unified legal system
Common law > applies to all of England unlike feudal laws of the past
Developed a jury system
Fought with the Church over issue of legal authority
Clergy to be tried in royal courts
Tomb > St. Thomas Becket

5. Evolving Traditions of Government
English rulers continued to clash with nobles & the Church
King John
Lost lands in France to Philip II
Excommunicated by Pope Innocent III > also > England under interdict
Forced to give in to pressure
Nobles forced him to sign Magna Carta
Gave rights to nobles and later every English citizen
Due process of law & habeas corpus
King must obey the law
Could not raise taxes without consent

6. Development of Parliament
Great Council evolves into Parliament > England’s legislature
Would help unify England
Limited power of the monarch
Developed into a two house body
House of Lords
House of Commons

7. Successful Monarchs in France
Monarchs in France start to est. a nation-state
Capetian Kings
Reduced power of nobles > set up bureaucracy
Philip II
Added land to his domain in the north and south
Controlled an area of what we know today as France
Strengthened ties with middle class
Louis IX
Persecuted non Christians > led two Crusades > becomes a Saint
Improved royal govt. > in the end > centralizes monarchy
Philip IV
Philip IV tried taxing the clergy > angered the Pope
Calls upon Estates General > composed of three social classes > king gains support
Made up of clergy, nobility, and townspeople