Transcript Activity 7 Cartographer at Work

By Vicky Doan, Aaron Tran & John Truong
Period 1
 A heroic outlaw
 Known for “robbing from the
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rich and giving to the poor”
Assisted by a group of fellow
outlaws known as his “merry
men”
Lived in the Sherwood Forest
in Nottinghamshire
Earlier ballads based in the
Barnsdale area (South
Yorkshire)
Present-day Nottinghamshire
claims Robin Hood as the
symbol of their county
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Sherwood Forest filled with Robin Hood
tourist attractions
 Oct. 14, 1066
 Norman-French army of William
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II of Normandy vs. English army
of King Harold II
During the Norman conquest of
England
Took place at Senlac Hill,
present day town of Battle, East
Sussex
Harold II killed in battle
Battle marked the last successful
foreign invasion of British Isles
French was adopted and adapted
into English language and
culture
 King Richard I (Lion Heart) – the third son of Henry II
 Richard embarked on the Third Crusade
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- Hoping to regain Christian authority of the Holy
land from the Muslim
Sailed to Antioch to assist in war in 1190
Nearly took Jerusalem twice but was defeated by
Saladin
Richard’s ship was wrecked in Austria during his
voyage back home
Duke Leopold of Austria captured him and held him
for ransom
 Role, wealth and power
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of the Catholic Church
Undermined Feudalism
Commerce
(transportation and
market)
Chivalry introduced
Weakened the power of
feudal aristocracy
 King Richard, the Lion Heart, spent
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much of his reign fighting in wars
After his death, King John inherited
debts due to King Richard’s Wars
and his own battles
King John heavily taxed the Barons
Barons rebelled and took over
London
King John signed the Magna Carta
on June 19, 1215 at Runnymede in
Egham, Surrey
 Guaranteed the rights of
individuals against the King
 Magna Carta considered the
founding document of English and
American liberties
Surrey
 Series of conflicts waged from 1337-1453
 England vs. France
 Began in May 1337 when King Philip VI of France attempted
to confiscate English territories in the duchy of Aquitaine
 The war was a series of plundering raids, sieges and naval
battles
 Opposition to the war helped shape England and early
modern political culture
 England showed decreasing enthusiasm for conflict
 War divided into phases
 Edwardian Era War (1337-1360)
 Caroline War (1369-1389)
 Lancastrian War (1415-1453)
 Swept across England in 1348- 1350
 Spread to London in Sept. 1348 and
spread into East Anglia and along the
coast
 Ravaging Wales and the Midlands by
spring
 Crossed the Irish Sea and Penetrated
the North in the summer
 Death toll – 75-200 million people
 Many plague recurrence between 1348-
1405
 Black death disrupted the feudal
society
 Workers able to work for a higher
pay
 Growing middle class
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 Keen, Maurice. "The Hundred Years War." BBC News. BBC, 17 Feb. 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2012.
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 Giovanni, Boccaccio. "The Black Death, 1348." The Black Death, 1348. Eyewitness to History, 2011.
Web. 15 Oct. 2012. <http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm>.
 Ibeji, Mike. "King John and the Magna Carta." BBC News. BBC, 17 Feb. 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/magna_01.shtml>.
 Wood, Michael. "Battle of Hastings: A Surprise Defeat?" BBC News. BBC, 18 Nov. 2004. Web. 15 Oct.
2012. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/conquest/norman/battle_hastings_04.shtml>.
 Britannia. "Richard I Coeur De Lion." Richard I Coeur De Lion. Britannia, 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon27.html>.
 Alchin, Linda. "Effects of the Crusades." Effects of the Crusades. Middle Ages, 16 July 2012. Web. 15
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Books
 Berthelot, Anne. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
1997
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Robson, Walter. Medieval Britain (Access to History). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
1991
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