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The Later Middle Ages 1200-1500 Flashcards

1
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What was the increase in towns between 1100 and 1300?

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100 to 830

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2
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What was the population of London by 1300?

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80,000

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3
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What were Jewish people classified as at this time?

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Crown property

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4
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What were the Jewish people of England ordered to wear in 1215?

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A distinctive badge

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5
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In 1255, how many Jewish men were executed for the murder of a Christian boy and who gave the order?

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19
Henry III

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6
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How much was the tallage of King John on Jewish people?

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£40,000

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7
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How many Jews converted to Christianity under the order of Henry III?

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300

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8
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What was the Statute of Jewry?

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Forbade them from charging interest on loans.
Now had to earn a living through trade or labour.

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9
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What year did Edward I expel the Jewish population from England?

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1290

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10
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Who rebuilt Westminster Abbey?

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Henry III

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11
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Why did the Magna Carta hold Henry III back?

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He couldn’t levy much money through his feudal rights.

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12
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How many unsuccessful requests for taxes did Henry III have?

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8 out of 10

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13
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Why was the Edward I’s killing of Simon de Montfort a turning point?

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Signalled a new age of noble warfare.
Aristocrats could now be killed on the battlefield.

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14
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Who did Robert the Bruce kill in a church and what year?

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John Comyn
1306

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15
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What happened at Methven?

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Scottish defeat
Scottish nobles captured, hung, drawn and quartered
Female relatives put in cages

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16
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When was the Hundred Years War?

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1337-1453

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17
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When did Edward III put forward his case for the French throne over Philip VI?

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1337

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18
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When was the Battle of Sluys?

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1340

19
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What did Edward III create in 1344?

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Order of the Garter
St George as the Patron Saint

20
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Who led the English to victory with a great chevauchee in 1355?

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The Black Prince

21
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Who died in 1377 and who replaced him?

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Edward III
Richard II (The Black Prince’s son)

22
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What were the 2 events in the 15th century regarding Henry V and Joan of Arc?

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Battle of Agincourt 1415
Siege of Orleans 1428-29

23
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What happened between 1315 and 1322?

A

Great Famine
Due to wet weather and crop failures.
People tried to sell livestock and capital for grain

24
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How many died in the Great Famine?

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500,000

25
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When was the Black Death?

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1348-49

26
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How many people died due to the BD?

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Half the population

27
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What percentage of peasants died due to the BD? (Compared with earls and barons)

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40-70%
27%

28
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What was the Statute of Labourers 1351?

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Now illegal to demand rates of pay above pre-outbreak.

29
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What was the Sumptuary Law 1363?

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Addressed complaints of ‘outrageous, excessive apparel’ worn by peasants and merchants ‘contrary to their estate and degree’

30
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What was the case of the Paston Family?

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Clement Paston was a farmer from Norfolk that bought 100 acres and sent his son William to school for £2 per year. His grandson married Anne Beaufort (daughter of Duke of Somerset) who then amassed a great fortune.

31
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When was the Peasants’ Revolt?

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1381

32
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What happened in the Peasants’ Revolt?

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Poll Taxes brought in, 4th unsuccessful and unfair, Thomas Bampton beaten by rebels from Essex, 200 foreigners beheaded in London, Chancellor and Treasurer executed, Tower of London stormed.

33
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Who was one of the leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt?

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Wat Tyler (killed in late 1381)

34
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Who was the King during the Peasants’ Revolt?

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Richard II

35
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What happened at the first Battle of St Albans and when was it?

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Henry VI taken under control by Richard Duke of York
1455

36
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When was Richard Duke of York designated as Henry VI’s successor?

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1460

37
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Where and when was Richard Duke of York killed?

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Wakefield
1460

38
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Where and when was Henry VI rescued?

A

2nd Battle of St Albans
1461

39
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What was the battle that led to the crowning of Edward IV and when?

A

Battle of Towton
1461

40
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What was the death toll of the Battle of Towton?

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26,000-28,000

41
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When was Henry VI killed?

A

1471

42
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When was Henry VI captured?

A

1465

43
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When did Edward IV die?

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1483

44
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What was the final battle of the Wars of the Roses?

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Battle of Bosworth in 1485
Defeat of Richard III
Crowning of Henry VI
Establishment of Tudor dynasty

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