| A | B |
|---|
| Henry II | Strong English King: attempted to reign in the power of the church, founder of the Plantagenet line |
| Eleaonor of Aquitaine | Married Henry II; was later banished by him; ransomed her son when he was captured on crusade |
| Thomas A Beckett | Archbishop of Canterbury; murdered by Henry's knights in the Cathedral |
| Richard I: Richard the Lionhearted | Son of Henry II; Crusader King |
| John I | Brother of Richard; forced to sign the Magna Carta |
| Magna Carta | First document that limits the power of Kings - 1215 |
| Henry V | Warrior King; Died young - His reign marked England's high point in the hundred year's war |
| Hundred Years War | War between England France started because English Kings, from Norman descendents claimed the French throne |
| Joan of Arc | Led French troops to victory in 100 years War |
| War of the Roses | English Civil War between House of York and Lancaster |
| Henry VI | Insane King whose inability to rule prompted the tension in the war of the Roses |
| House of York | One side in the war of the Roses represented by the red rose |
| House of Lancaster | Side represented by the white rose in the War of the Roses |
| Tower of London | Notorious Prison where many nobles and kings held including Hnery VI |
| Henry Tudor | became Henry VII; started a new dynasty of kings |
| serf | a peasant who tied to the land |
| Great Chain of Being | medieval idea of class system that was created by god from serfs to nobles |
| vassal | nobles who owe loyalty and service to a greater lord |
| Divine right of Kings | Idea that the right ofoa king ro rule absolutely was given by God |
| Battle of Hastings | 1066: Normans invade England |
