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01 08 From Plantagenets To Wars of The Roses
01 08 From Plantagenets To Wars of The Roses
1. Anarchy
• William I died in 1087.
• His son William II succeeded him on the throne.
• Henry I, William II’s brother became king in
1100.
• Stephen (1135-54), Henry’s nephew, was the
last Norman king.
• For most of his reign he fought Matilda’s (Henry
I’s daughter) attempts to seize the throne.
• A period of civil war called the Anarchy
followed.
• Stephen recognised Matilda’s son, Henry, as his
heir.
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The common law was used It was different from the law
everywhere and based on administered in other parts of
local customs comparisons Europe, linked to the civil law
and previous cases. of the Roman Empire and the
canon law of the Church.
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Fleas bit
Fleas drank human and
rat blood that Bacteria Human
regurgitated
carried the multiplied in beings were
blood into
bacteria flea gut infected
human
wound
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Lancaster vs York
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