The Crusades (1095-1270)- The Crusades were a series of wars waged by European Christians against the Muslims, with Jerusalem and the Holy Land as the prize. Although the Europeans ultimately failed to hold Jerusalem, they benefited enormously from contact with the higher civilization of the Middle East. The Crusades exposed Christian Europe to the Middle East’s sophisticated civilization.
The murder of Thomas a Becket (murder in the Cathedral): When Chausers pilgrims set out for Canterbury, their goal was the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket (1118-1170). Thomas, a Norman had became Prime Minister under his friend King Henry II. Later; the pope was the leader or the king of all kings and his kingdom had no boundaries.
The Magna Carta- the Magna Carta was a signing by King John that was written in 1215, at Runnymede. The signing was a defeat for central papal power. As aristocrats writing for aristocrats, the barons had no interest in the rights of the common people. But the Magna Carta later became the basis for English constitutional law, in which such rights as trial by jury and legislative taxation were established.
The Black Death- The black death(the bubonic plague), which struck England in 1348-1349, delivered another blow to feudalism. Highly contagious and spread by fleas from infected rats, the disease reduced the nations population by a third causing a labor shortage and giving the lower classes more leverage than ever against their overloads. The Black deaths effect upon labor shortage led serfs freedom and to the end of feudalism.
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There are still a few more sections you need to complete here. I would work on this part as well. I need you to describe these events in your words. What you have here is straight from the book.
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