Transcript The Late Middle Ages

Essential Question
What are the Magna Carta
and The Crusades?
Round 3:
King John vs.
The Church
Kingly Troubles
• Many kings became ruthless and
increasingly power hungry.
• Prince John began taxing the
Church in England.
• The Church decided they would
then leave the country entirely.
• Now the people feared they would
be sent to Hell.
The Magna Carta
“Great Paper”
The Magna Carta
•
After the church left the
Nobles threatened to abandon
King John too.
• They wrote out a list of their
demands called the Magna Carta.
• They said either you agree to our
demands or we leave and
take our soldiers with us.
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Your land
There shall
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No one
No widow shall be
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No one will
The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta
I, King John, accept that I have
to rule according to the law.
So I agree:
1. Not to imprison nobles without trial
2. To have fair taxation for the nobles
3. To let nobles travel wherever they like
4. Not to interfere in Church matters
5. Not to take crops without paying for
them
This is
Important!
…and lot more things too!!
. . . .
What do you
think King
John did
after signing
the Magna
Carta?
Meanwhile, in the rest of Europe…
The Crusades
What is a Crusade?
• a war for religious reasons
• Goal was to regain the “holy land”
(Jerusalem) for Christians.
• Pope Urban II ordered them in
1095.
• He promised that any who went
would go to Heaven.
The Battles
• 1st Crusade: Conquered Jerusalem
and held it for almost 100 years.
• 2nd: Muslim leader Saladin
retakes Jerusalem
• 3rd: King Richard fights Saladin –
and loses. While gone Prince John
takes over.
• 4th-8th:Crusaders lose more.
. . . .
Crusade Results
•
•
•
•
Holy land remains under Arab control.
Europeans realized there was much
more to the world than they ever knew
Trade and technology expanded: gun
powder, coffee, etc.
Europe became more unified as the
knights now had
a common enemy.
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