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Chpt 4 13th Century.
Magna Carta, Plague, and Hundred Years War
Question | Answer |
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Habeas Corpus | the principle that accused persons cannot be held in jail without the consent of the court |
Truce | agreed halt in fighting |
Henry II | English king who created royal courts to replace the older unfair systems of trial by ordeal and trial by combat,helped create common law |
Archbishop of Canterbury | (Thomas a Becket) powerful religious leader was brutally murdered by tour of the king's knights while praying in cathedral |
King John | English king who ignored peoples rights and collected large taxes from lords and nobles, forced to sign Magna Carta |
Magna Carta | document that protected peoples rights |
Joan of Arc | French peasant teenager who had visions from god and fought in the Hundred Years War, many battles with French victories but was eventually captured by the English and burnt at the stake, Church made her a saint recognizing her devotion to god and heroism |
Italy | where plague first hit in Europe |
Buboes | black and blue tomato sized bumps on throat and armpits |
Fleas and Rats | how plague spread |
feudal pyramid became circle/square | how plague changed feudal pyramid |
China | where plague originated |