Agenda: 1/18/12 and 1/20/12

• Homework Check: Have your homework packet out on your desk ready to be checked

• 100 Hundred Years War Discussion• Agincourt and Joan of Arc Clips

England vs. France: The 100

Years War

Common Law = Unified System of Law

Magna Carta = Guaranteed basic political rights for all citizens

Parliament = Legislative group which gave voice to more people in society

King Philip II of France = Wanted more French and less English power.

Estates General = Similar to Parliament but increases rather than decreases royal power.

Great Schism = Competing popes, one supported by France and one by England

Bubonic Plague = 1/3 of Population Dead, spread through trade.

Longbow = The end of knight dominance, instead more common men make up armies.

100 Years War = Increase Nationalism, French Noble power increased, and England experienced

hard times.

100 Years War Reflection

• Why in your opinion did England and France continuously fight one another for such a long time? What are the long term impacts of such fighting?

• If you were French during the wars, would you be inspired by Joan of Arc? Do you believe she was truly inspired by God? Why or why not?

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