THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND

The Battle of Hastings

• fought between the Saxons and the French
• William, Duke of Normandy vs. King Harold
• The English thought that they were entitled to French property
• The Duke of Normandy's Grandson: Henry II

The Crusades

• Henry II two sons; Richard the Lionhearted and King John
• John ruled England while Richard was away fighting
• Christianity vs Islam

Thomas Becket

• He was a saint and the Archbishop of Canturbery
• Murdered in 1170
• Stabbed to death in the Canturbery Cathedral
• He refused to condole Henry II wanting a divorce
• Saint of Clergy (martyrdom)

THE CANTURBERY TALES

• Geoffree Chaucer
• Stories about pilgrims going to visit Becket's tomb

100 Years War

• England fighting the French for the French throne
• Edward III declared war
• Claimed he owned the thrown (maternal lineage)

Joan of Arc

• Born in Dolmremy, France, January 6, 1412
• Helped take Orleans back from England
• burned at the stake
• her death was related to the inquisition

The Inquisition

• Various methods of torture
• The Rack, also known as the stretching machine
• Burning at the stake was considered method of execution
• The Grand Inquisitor: Tomás de Torquemada

Medieval Universities

• Examples: Charters, Reims
• 7 disciplines
• 3 verbal arts: Grammar Rhetoric, and Dialect
• These were called the Trivium, next is quadrivium
• Arithmetic, Astronomy, Geometry, Music

BECKETT VS. MOOR

• Beckett was under Henry II, who wanted more wives
• Moor was under Henry VIII, also wanted more wives
• Both didn't support the wanted divorce
• Both were murdered. Beckett was stabbed.
• Thomas Moor was found guilty of treason executed