HIST 2200 Lecture 20: Hist2200 Lecture 20 (03.23.2017)
24 Apr 2017
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Outline: legitimacy & vassalage: pretexts of the wars, medieval military revolution, the hundred years" war, the end of the hundred years war. King"s touch (suffering ends merely with king"s touch) Blood of kings were holy, successor was his preferably his elder son in wedlock. Have to be born under very specific circumstances. If the king on the throne was not legitimate, then the legitimate ruler was somewhere out there (god would not have been happy) If you are already a king you can"t be gotten rid of and still stay alive. Legitimacy meant that as long as there was a claimant to the throne they were a serious danger (thus they needed to be killed or married) Threat was so serious that after the scottish crown beat the mac-williams was put to death. Vassals: kings of england from richard i onward held vassals of the land. Edward i swore that people couldn"t swear allegiance to other rulers.
