Magna Carta & English Law
The name "Magna Carta" means this.
What is Great Charter?
Name at least two symptoms of the Bubonic Plague:
What is fever, vomiting, swelling, extreme weakness, painful lymph nodes called buboes?
The Hundred Years' War lasted from 1337 to this year.
What is 1453?
This was the first government entity that allowed commoners to participate.
What is the Model Parliament?
These people gained more rights during the decline of feudalism.
Who are workers/peasants/common people?
Magna Carta helped establish ideas about these two things:
What are individual rights and liberties?
The Bubonic Plague was originally spread this way.
What are rats on Asian trading ships?
The Hundred Years' War was fought between these two countries.
What are England and France?
King Henry II made this reform to the justice system.
What are trials held before a royal judge?
Monarchs began using these instead of relying on nobles' armies.
What are paid soldiers?
The purpose of Magna Carta was to do this to the nobles and the king.
What is give more power to nobles and make the king subject to the law?
The plague made life harder for this religious group because its members were often blamed for the disease.
Who are the Jews?
This technological advantage helped the English win many early battles.
What are long bows?
This is an estate of land held on condition of feudal service.
What is a fief?
What a king needed to follow in order to rule after the implementation of the Magna Carta.
What is common law?
This legal concept means an accused person cannot be jailed without being charged with a crime.
What is Habeas Corpus?
The plague increased the power of common people by doing this.
What are more worker rights and peasant revolts?
In both England and France, this term is used to describe how the war saw a rise of pride in each country.
What is national pride and identity / nationalism?
The Model Parliament was significant because it added people from this social class.
Who are commoners?
Habeas Corpus prevented this feudal abuse.
What is being jailed without being charged?
This document stated that clergy could be tried by the courts.
What is the Constitution of Clarendon?
Roughly the amount of people who passed away due to the plague.
What is about 24 million people in Europe?
The Hundred Years' War and the end of feudalism led monarchs to depend on this group less.
Who are Lords?
The Magna Carta served as inspiration for this American document.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Magna Carta and the end of feudalism established these two important concepts for individuals.
What are rights and liberties?