HIST 1001 Lecture : Nov 25 Lecture E4
Document Summary
Pilgrimage and fighting for christ would be good for one"s soul: christ gave up life for us. If you died on crusade, you were a martyr : church told people to not let their outstanding penances keep them from going on crusades, the crusade would make up for them. William rufus, henry i: william"s sons, henry is king. Monarchs are overall trying to centralize power and bring more of it back to the kings, not local lords and nobles. The angevin empire map large territory of his alliance marriages. Henry of england and philip of france negotiating. Over aquitaine territory and marriage alliance to get it: henry imprisioned eleanor and children because they rebelled so he wants territory to make them less powerful. Eyres- itinerant judges: for lords of manors, knights. King"s courts settle land disputes from civil war: ordeal or jury trial. Henry instituted something you could buy to exempt you from ordeal trials and get jury trials.
