1. The High Middle Ages

2. Growth of Royal Power in England and France

3. Monarchs, Nobles, and the Church
Monarchs were relatively weak
Church and nobles had more power
Why?
How did monarchs increase power?
Collected taxes, had courts, had armies; royal justice undermined feudal and church courts, ties with middle class

4. Strong Monarchs in England
Norman Conquest
Duke William of Normandy 1066
Growth of Royal Power
Creates new laws:
Exchequer-
A Unified Legal System
Common law-
Jury-
Vassal swears allegance to king not lord, Domesday Book –to collect taxes (census); treasury to collect taxes; royal court based on court rullings and customs (charged fees)

5. Conflict With the Church
King Henry II claimed the right to try the clergy in royal courts.
Archbishop of Canterbury opposed the king’s move. Result:
Murdered by knights in his cathedral -

6. Evolving Traditions of English Government
The Magna Carta
Henry’s son, King John battles with the pope, King of France, and the nobles
In 1215, after angering nobles
with new taxes, King John was
forced to sign the _______.
Protected the rights of:
Two important ideas:
Nobles, church, and townspeople, agreed not to raise taxes. 1nobles had certain rights 2monarch must obey law

7. Development of Parliament
Great council evolved into the _________.
Who made up this group?
Set up framework for England’s legislature
Parlieament; common people, clergy, and lords

8. Successful Monarchs in France
Philip Augustus
Middle class
Granted charters to new towns
Strong army
New national tax
Quadrupled royal land holdings

9. Louis IX, King and Saint 1226 Perused religious goals
Persecuted heretics and _____ and led knights into wars against _______.
Outlawed ______ and ______.
By 1270, France was an efficient monarchy.
Jews, muslims; private wars and serfdom

10. Philip IV Clashes With the Pope
Tried to collect taxes from the ______.
Pope Boniface VIII
Estates General in 1302
Clergy; oppoesed and was beaten but died later; made of clergy, noble, and townspeople

11. The Holy Roman Empire and the Church

12. The Holy Roman Empire
Duke Otto I of Saxony took the title of king of Germany.
Worked closely with the Pope
“Holy Roman emperor”
The ________ were the real rulers.
Dispute over appointment of _______
Holy roman- holy crowned by pope; Roman- hiers to roman empire; vassals; clergy

13. Conflict Between Popes and Emperors
Pope Gregory VII
Aroused more anger than any other pope. Why?
Outlawed lay investiture
Emperor Henry IV
Argued that the bishops
fief was royal, not _______.
New laws arrogance, can be judged by no one, kiss my feet, appoint bishops, appoint and remove emperors; secular appointment of bishops;

14. The Struggle Intensifies
In 1076, Gregory VII excommunicated Henry
Result:
Concordat of Worms
Begged for his forgiveness and got it. Then he led an army to Rome and forced the pope into exile; pope and emperor shared giving bishop authority;

15. The Height of Church Power
Pope Innocent III
took office in 1198, claimed absolute rule.
Excommunicated King John and placed his kingdom under interdict.
He did the same to Philip II. Why?
War with the Albigensians in France. Why?
He tried to annul his marriage; wanted to reform the church simple ways