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10.2
Question | Answer |
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Anglo-Saxons | Germanic tribes which began setting in the east of Britain in the 400s |
England | Land of the Angles |
standardized | The same everywhere |
Edward the Confessor | King of England in 1066, related to William, Duke of Normandy |
Harold Godwin | Earl of Wessex who expected to inherit the throne when King Edward died |
William the Conqueror | The Duke of Normandy who defeated the English King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 |
transformed | To change |
The Battle of Hastings | In September of 1066, William of Normandy defeated Harold Godwin and becomes the King of England |
Thomas Becket | Archbishop of Canterbury |
pilgrimage | A journey undertaken to worship at a holy place |
King John | King of England in 1199 |
Magna Carta | The Great Charter signed by King John and the nobles in 1215. It stated that even a king must abide by the law of the land. |
common law | Law that has developed from custom and judge's decisions, rather than acts of a lawmaking assembly |
habeas corpus | A court order to bring an arrested person before a judge or court |
writ | court order |
parlaiment | an assembaly |
house of lords | one of the 2 houses of parlaments represented common people |
judicary | system of courts outside the control of other branches of goverment |