Cards in this guide (16)
The word Parliament comes from the French word parler which means to
Who was the archbishop of Canterbury during Henry ii reign
One of the basic rights in the Magna Carta which was central to America's democracy is
No taxation without input from those being taxed
Doom is an Anglo-saxon word that means
An important aspect of a king maintaining power other than keeping peace was
Who ordered the construction of Westminster Abbey
The Estates General of France was the English Parliament
the estate general and the English parliament are not the
same.
The Magna Carta established the central belief that
It established the belief that not even the king is above the
law.
A troubadour in the Middle Ages was a
A troubadour was a wandering poet, he/she would write songs
about ladies, love and chivalry. The troubadour was practacly a
pilgrim and a freeman.
The meeting of representatives for the purpose of writing laws and advising the king became
Monarchs paid their armies by
Taxing towns that profited from trade
Fathers gained power through war and what and usually passed their power on to their sons
Does pope and papacy mean the same thing
No, the pope is the head of the papacy, the papacy is the government of the Roman Catholic Church.
What document is considered the foundation of British constitutionalism
The witenagemot was renamed the-
The Witenagemot was renamed the Great Council during the reign
of Simon De Montfort.
A what made decisions in cases that came to trial