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Who was top of the feudal system?

The king

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Who was bottom of the feudal system?

Free men and peasants

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Who was second in the feudal system?

Tenants in chief

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What was a vassal?

Someone who held land from someone else in the feudal system

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What was a fief?

Land given to a vassal in return for service to a lord

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What was the king's land known as?

Demense

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How much of English land was owned by the King?

20%

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What is homage?

An oath of loyalty

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After declaring homage, the landholder became what to the lord?

His vassal

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What is forfeiture?

Forfeiting Land

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When would forfeiture happen?

When homage was broken

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What happened to the vassal's land after forfeiture?

It would be given to someone else

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Barons who didn't provide the king with knights paid what?

Scutage

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What was scutage?

A payment made instead of providing knights

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Who would do labour service?

Peasants

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What were the duties of a Knight?

Serve in the army, raise ransom money and guard castles

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What was a tithe?

Tax paid to a church annually

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How much was a tithe?

One tenth of someone's produce

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Who decided who became the Archbishop of Canterbury?

The Pope and the king

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Who taught people to read and write?

Priests and Monks

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Who looked after the elderly, poor and sick?

Monasteries, nunneries and parish priests

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What was expected of a king?

Make laws, make decisions, protect and be a Christian

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Following what rules, how would Arthur have succeeded Richard?

Primogeniture

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What was Arthur's relationship to John?

He was the son of his older brother Geoffrey

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Who did Richard choose as his successor?

John

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Who was accused of the murder of Arthur?

John

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Where did John capture Arthur?

Mirebeau

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How did John's French supporters react to Arthur's death?

They began supporting Philip

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Who did Richard leave in charge of England when on crusade?

William Longchamp

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True or False: William Longchamp paid Richard to become chancellor.

True

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What was William Longchamp's race?

Norman

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Who did William Longchamp replace?

Sheriffs

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What caused Longchamp to depose?

A rebellion by Price John and leading barons

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Who succeeded William Longchamp as the new justiciar?

Walter of Countances

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Who did Richard make Archbishop of Canterbury?

Hubert Walter

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When Richard was captured, what did John do?

He said he was dead

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Why wasn't John believes when he said Richard was dead?

He had little support

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Who succeeded Hubert Walter as justiciar?

Geoffrey Fitz Peter

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Who appointed Hubert Walter as justiciar?

Barons

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What was Hubert Walter appointed as by barons?

Justiciar

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How did Hubert Walter make the justice system more effective?

Put four knights in each hundred to deal with justice

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What were aids?

Taxes payable in exceptional circumstances

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When we're aids collected during the reigns of Richard and John?

To pay for Richard's ransom, to recover land in France and in the form of Johns new tax on moveables

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What did sheriffs do?

Collect taxes

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Why did villages have a fallow field?

Allow it to recover

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How were fields divided?

Into strips

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Who worked on the fields?

Peasants

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What surrounded towns?

A castle wall

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Who patrolled the town walls?

Watchmen

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What did tradesmen do?

Trade

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What did merchants do?

Sold things in England and Europe

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What did most Jews do?

Moneylending

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Why couldn't Christian become moneylenders?

The church wouldn't allow them to charge interest

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Who owned the Jews?

The king

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Why did anti Semitism increase?

The crusades, rumours of killing Christian children, owed them money, jealous

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What tax were Jews forced to pay?

Tallages

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What is a pogrom?

Organized violence against Jews.

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What happened to Jews in the 1189-90 pogroms?

Their homes were set on fire, property was stolen and some were attacked or killed

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How did Richard react to the pogroms?

He hung the ringleaders and asked for the Jews to be left in peace

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Where were Jews massacred?

York Castle

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Why was there a crusade?

Saladin had taken control of the entire kingdom of Jerusalem

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Which pope called for the third crusade?

Pope Gregory VIII

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What was issue by Pope Gregory before crusade?

A Papal Bull

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How did he encourage people to go on crusade?

Offering full indulgence

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What did crusaders not have to pay?

Crusading tax

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What happened to crusaders' debts?

They were cancelled

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When did Phillip leave the crusade?

After the siege of Acre

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Which leaders went on crusade?

Richard of England, Philip of France and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I

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Did Richard share his Cyprus earnings with Philip?

Nope

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As well as annoyance with Richard, why did Philip return home?

He was unwell and he feared France would be attacked after the Count of Flanders died

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What did Richard want in return for the prisoners at Acre?

The true cross and 200 000 gold coins

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How did Richard organise his troops when travelling to Jaffa?

Along the coast and keeping the archers and infantry close together

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Where did Saladin try to re capture?

Jaffa

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Where was Richard when Saladin tried to recapture Jaffa?

Ascalon

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Why was the first march on Jerusalem unsuccessful?

The poor weather destroyed food, clothes and weapons

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Where did Richard turn around after his first match to Jerusalem?

Beit Nuba

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Where did Richard go after Beit Nuba?

Ascalon

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How did Saladin respond to Richard's second march to Jerusalem?

He poisoned the wells around Jerusalem

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Why did Richard not attack Jerusalem?

Fear of being surrounded or cut off from supplies

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Why did Richard stop fighting?

His land was at risk from Philip and John

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Why did Saladin stop fighting?

He was ill and was running out of money to pay for war

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What was the treaty that stopped the third crusade?

The treaty of Jaffa

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How long did the treaty of Jaffa say there wouldn't be fighting for?

3 years

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Who could Christians do after the treaty of Jaffa?

Visit Jerusalem

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Who had Jerusalem after the third crusade?

Muslims

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Where did Richard shipwreck on the way back from the crusade?

The Adriatic Coast

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How much did Henry VI, HRE, ask for in return for Richard?

100 000 marks

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Who took charge of collecting Richard's ransom?

His mother

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What changed in Normandy during the crusade?

Barons switched sides, Philip had control of the Vexin region and two harbours and was close to Rouen- the capital of Normandy

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How did Richard regain his land lost?

He bribed nobles to switch sides, laid siege to Philip's castles and defended his and made alliances with leaders

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Who built Chateau Gaillard?

Richard

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What was special about Chateau Gaillard's location?

It was on a river so difficult to attack

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What advantage did having no corners have to Chateau Gaillard?

There were no weak points for catapults to attack

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What advantage did the steep slopes around the Chateau Gaillard have?

Walls couldn't be mined under

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What did Chateau Gaillard defend?

Rouen

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What is the capital of Normandy?

Rouen

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How was Chateau Gaillard significant in re taking Vexin?

Richard used it as a base to attack from

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Why was John asked to attend court?

Marrying Isabelle of Angouleme, this was injustice to Hugh de Lusignan who was married to her

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Did John attend Philip's court?

No

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What did John not attending court allow Philip to do?

He could forfeit John's land and attack