Notes 9/8

• In 1066 William the Conquerer defeated Harold at the battle of Hastings. 

• There is a civil war in the between the Norman society and the Plantagenets move in. 
• *The AP test starts at the year 1450, when the Plantagenet are towards the end of their reign. 
• Names to commit to memory:
• Henry II- one of his goals was to get back land lost from england. 
• English foreign relations were based on whims of whoever was in control, not on the needs of the people.
• The Welsh and the Scots fought for their independence. 

• Richard the Lionheart was thought of as good. 
• He was away at war a lot, so he wasn't home to rule the country and make decisions that would make him unpopular. 
• Lead the third crusade against Saladin into the Holy land. 
• King John 
• The signing of the Magna Carta was the biggest thing that John had to do while he was ruling, and that decision was one that made him very unpopular. 
• Constantinople and Jerusalem were both very widely fought over lands. They were considered the holy lands, and this is what the crusades were fought over. They tried to "save" the holy land by "European-izing" it.

• Memorize this timeline***^^^
• Edward I 
• Very powerful King, much glory on the battlefield, and he became known as the hammer of the Scots. 
• Richard II, son of Edward
• Henry IV
• Henry V
• Henry VI