Chapter 5
Preview
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Take a moment and think about how you
would answer the Preview statement above.
Turn to the person next to you and share your
thought. You have about two minutes.
Read Chapter 5 Section 4 of your textbook aloud as a class – page 67. Then
write the key terms and their definitions.
Key Content Terms
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Magna Carta – An agreement signed in 1215
that limited the King’s power.
Habeas Corpus – Legal concept that states that
a person must be charged with a crime in
order to be put in jail.
Model Parliament - A governing body created
by King Edward I that included a variety of
people.
Key Content Terms
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Bubonic Plague – A deadly disease spread by
fleas – known as the “Black Death”.
Hundred Year’s War – A series of battles
fought between France and England between
1337-1453. (I know… it’s more than 100 years)
Heretic – A person who believes things
differently than the church.
Section 2
Read section 2 aloud in class.
Then answer the questions below
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Question 1
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1. What changes did Henry II make to the English
legal system and how did these changes affect
feudalism?
A. He insisted that a jury formally
accuse a person of a serious crime.
People were tried by royal judges and
had to have a court trial. By
strengthening the royal courts, he
weakened the power of the feudal lords.
2.
Question 2
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What changes did Magna Carta bring about in
English government?
A. A monarch could no longer collect
special taxes without the consent of
nobles and Church officials. No “free
man” could be jailed except by the lawful
judgment of his peers or by the law of the
land. It also introduced the idea that not
even the monarch was above the law.
Question 3
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3. What was the Model Parliament, and why
was it created?
A. It was an English governing body
created by Edward I that included
commoners, lower-ranking clergy, Church
officials, and nobles. It was intended to
include more people in government.
Question 4
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Magna Carta limited the power of English
monarchs and affirmed that monarchs
should rule with the advice of the governed;
Henry II’s legal reforms strengthened
common law, judges, and juries; and Edward
I’s Model Parliament gave a voice to some
common people.
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larger view
Question 4
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Magna Carta limited the power of English
monarchs and affirmed that monarchs should rule
with the advice of the governed; Henry II’s legal
reforms strengthened common law, judges, and
juries; and Edward I’s Model Parliament gave a
voice to some common people.
Read Chapter 5 Section 3 aloud in class. Then answer the questions in
your student notebook.
1.
Section 3
Use the map on
page 70 of the text
to answer question 1 of Section 3.
A. The plague probably originated in
Central Asia, traveled along a trade
route to The Black Sea, was carried on
a ship to Italy, and then spread north
and west to England, Germany,
France.
2.
Section 3
Sketch a map of Eurasia, write the numbers from
the blanks above in the correct locations, and
draw arrows to illustrate the spread from one
location to the next.
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4.
3.
2.
1.
Section 3
3.
Why was the plague called the “Black Death”?
What were some of the common symptoms?
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A. The term probably came from the
black-and blue spots, or buboes that
appeared on the skin of many
victims. Symptoms included fever,
vomiting, coughing and sneezing,
and swelling.
Section 3
4. How was the plague spread?
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A. The bacteria that caused
the plague were spread by
fleas. The dirty conditions of
the time significantly
contributed to the spread of
the disease.
Section 3
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5.
In the Bubonic Plague box of your cause-andeffect diagram, list examples of how the outbreak
of the bubonic plague in Europe contributed to the
decline of feudalism and the rise of democratic
thought. (see the next slide)
Question 4
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4.
In the Bubonic Plague box of your cause-and-effect diagram, list examples of
how the outbreak of the bubonic plague in Europe contributed to the decline
of feudalism and the rise of democratic thought.
Magna Carta limited the power of English
monarchs and affirmed that monarchs
should rule with the advice of the governed;
Henry II’s legal reforms strengthened
common law, judges, and juries; and Edward
I’s Model Parliament gave a voice to some
common people.
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larger view
Bubonic Plague: Power shifted a bit from nobles
to common people because, since so many
workers had died, the few who remained could
demand higher pay and more rights; serfs
abandoned feudal manors and moved to towns
and cities, seeking better opportunities; peasant
revolts also occurred when nobles tried to return
things to the way they had been.
Question 4
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Bubonic Plague: Power shifted a bit from nobles
to common people because, since so many
workers had died, the few who remained could
demand higher pay and more rights; serfs
abandoned feudal manors and moved to towns
and cities, seeking better opportunities; peasant
revolts also occurred when nobles tried to return
things to the way they had been.
Read Chapter 5 Section 1 of your textbook aloud as a class. Then answer the
questions from section 4 on the back of your paper.
Section 4
1. How did the Hundred Years’ War start?
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The war began when the king of
France challenged England’s claim to
French fiefs.
2.
Section 4
Why were the English able to defeat the French in
one at Crécy?
early battles, such as the
The English army relied on archers
armed with longbows. Arrows fired
from longbows flew farther, faster,
and more accurately than those fired
from French crossbows.
3.
Section 4
Who was Joan of Arc? What did she do for the
 Years’ War?
French during the Hundred
. Joan of Arc was a 17-year-old peasant
girl who claimed she heard the voices of
saints urging her to save France. She led a
French army to victory in a battle. Her
actions inspired many French people to
feel more strongly about their king and
nation.
Question 4
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4.
In the Hundred Years’ War box of your cause-and-effect diagram, list examples of
how the outbreak of war in Europe contributed to the decline of feudalism and the
rise of democratic thought.
Magna Carta limited the power of English
monarchs and affirmed that monarchs
should rule with the advice of the governed;
Henry II’s legal reforms strengthened
common law, judges, and juries; and Edward
I’s Model Parliament gave a voice to some
common people.
Click for a
larger view
Bubonic Plague: Power shifted a bit from nobles
to common people because, since so many
workers had died, the few who remained could
demand higher pay and more rights; serfs
abandoned feudal manors and moved to towns
and cities, seeking better opportunities; peasant
revolts also occurred when nobles tried to return
things to the way they had been.
Hundred Years’ War: The war shifted power from
lords to monarchs and common people; military
technology used in the war made knights and
castles less important; a new feeling of nationalism
helped to shift power away from lords and toward
monarchs and commoners; peasants who survived
the war were more in demand as soldiers and
workers and therefore had greater power.
Section 4
4. In the Hundred Years’ War box of your cause-and-effect
diagram, list examples of how the outbreak of war in Europe
contributed to the decline of feudalism and the rise of
democratic thought.
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Hundred Years’ War: The war shifted power
from lords to monarchs and common people;
military technology used in the war made
knights and castles less important; a new
feeling of nationalism helped to shift power
away from lords and toward monarchs and
commoners; peasants who survived the war
were more in demand as soldiers and workers
and therefore had greater power.
Processing
On a blank page in your notebook, sketch an outline of the head
of a noble, the head of a commoner, and the head of a knight.
Draw facial features on each to express how he might have felt
about events that led to feudalism’s decline. Then sketch a large
speech bubble for each person.
Fill in the speech bubble by
 describing an event leading to the decline of feudalism from
that person’s perspective (include thoughts, feelings, and
observations).
 explaining how the event affected that person’s life.
 predicting how the decline of feudalism will affect that
person’s role in medieval society.
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Check that your writing is free of misspellings and grammatical errors.