From Henry II to King John

1. KINGSHIP:
A FAMILY BUSINESS
(PART II)

2. HENRY II First unquestioned
ruler
English throne
Destroyed the castles built
Manor
without royal
permission
Stephen’s
reign
centre
Local life
administration

3. HENRY II ruler More land than any previous king
Lord of Anjou Added his father’s lands to the family empire
married Eleanor of Aquitaine ruled Lands shouth of Anjou
Empire streched The Scottish border
Pyrennes
England provided Henry’s wealth
Heart of his empire Anjou
Henry controlled a greater area than the king of France

4. HENRY quarrelled wife & sons Richard
John
They were doing their duty
King of France
Payment for the lands they held from him
In 1189 HENRY died a broken man, disappointed and defeated by his sons and by the
French King
RICHARD I
(LION HEART)
Most popular kings
Brave and a good soldier
French culture
Everyone’s idea of the perfect feudal king
Went to Holy Land to make war on the Muslims
Fought with skill, courage
and honour

5. On his way back Captured by Duke of Austria demanded
Money before he
let him go
2 years
England to pay
In 1199 RICHARD was killed in France
Spent 4 or 5 years in the country of which he was king
French king took every parts
of Richard’s Frenchlands to
rule himself
JOHN unpopular Three most important groups of people
The nobles The merchants The Church

6. JOHN unpopular greedy
Feudal lords
Run their own law courts Profited from the fines paid by those brought
to court
John take many cases out
of their court
Tried them in the King’s courts,
taking the money for himself

7. Feudal lords Payment to the
King
Daughter was married
When a noble died, his son had to pay money
before he could inherit his father’s land
When a noble died without a son John kept the
land for a long
time
bishoprics
merchants
town
King JOHN increased the amount of money they had to pay

8. In 1204 King JOHN more unpopular nobles
French King invaded Normandy English nobles lost their
lands
JOHN Had taken their mony but hadn’t protected
their land
In 1209 JOHN quarrelled the pope Archbishop of
Canterbury
King of France to invade England
To close every church in the country
Everybody would go to Hell
In 1214 JOHN Accepted the pope’s choice of archbishop

9. In 1215 JOHN hoped to recapture Normandy
called lords to fight for him they no longer
trusted him
Marched to London
Joined angry merchants
Outside London at Runnymede JOHN forced to sign
A
new
agreement