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Counts and Kings Cheat Sheet

by Cúnla (cunla) via cheatography.com/60906/cs/15813/

Intro Case study: County of Anjou Kingship (cont) A king's power

Geo affected pol organi​sation and Count Fulk Rechin (end of 11th Eccles​ias​tical rites by clergy: Rested on
rulership cent) recorded achvmnts of Anointed with holy oil →ability to recruit & lead armies
Poor roads + forests = limited ancestor Fulk Nerra
Invested w/ ring and staff →role as supreme judge
contact to commun​ities Military expans continued in Anjou
Invested w/ sword and scep​tre John of England failed
Family units→​pol​itical units late 10th cent and first half of 11th
10th century kings could style →lost most of Angevin and
Process of encroa​chment:
selves as Vicars of Christ exploited his barons
Counts
1. secure foothold (mar​riage,
Derived right to rule from line​age Rulers bound by old law
Great Euro fams invested in fam warfare, purchase, force/​fra​ud)
- recounted memories of →subjects could rebel and force
history, tradit​ions, records 2. good rship w/ church
predec​essors for legitimacy king to obey law
c800-1000 New fams won power 3. establish castle
Model for German emps: →Right of resistance couldn't be
thru warfare
4. wait for opport​unity (victory in Char​lem​agne repealed
Warfare + marriage = expansion
battle, enemy away, minority →invoked against King John
and consol​idation of pwr comi​tal: of, belonging to, or
rule)
befitting a count or earl Despite hallowed status of old law,
Gene​alo​gical rolls v popular
new law was created
Family legend for others' Counts (cont.) Key roles of kings Announ​cement of new law codes:
perception of fam
Change by mid-11th cent. →Roger II of Sicily
1. Defend the people
ie Song of Roland
territ​orial units of counties →Frederick II
(Cha​rle​mag​ne's reign) 2. Keep the peace
establshd
Kings of Sicily - peak royal auth
→abt Roland & other Frankish 3. Protect the Church
small pwr blocs abutting each
warriors at Battle of Roncevaux English kings - control of court
other 4. Enforce just​ice, punish
778 criminals German kings delegated auth to
dvlpmnt of law & stable pol rather
Literary re-ima​gining incl. Muslims bishops - power to princes
than expans 5. Lead (and win) military
as enemy French kings: justice in royal
Counts needed admin & staff to campaigns
Probably composed between domain, not outside
gvrn + exploit resources 6. Display mili​tary prowess and
c.1040​-1115
By end of 11th cent. more docs valour

requiring standing staff rather than


Royal admin
ad hoc emplymnt Means of political pursuit
Personnel involved in running From early 12th cent, sec powers Warf​are​ ​noble identity
kingdom employed masters from great
Pre10th cent warriors:$ thru
Start of 12th century: small admin schools (like uni)
plundering
Differed kingdom to kingdom: abut - (v.) to be adjacent; touch or
Post10th century, other ways to get
→England: closely governed join at the edge or border
$
→Less governed - admin issues Warfare unreliable for pol policy
Kingship
charters & collect small tax
Marr​iag​e​ method pol policy
Even Eng had small perm admins Violen​ce→​comital authority
Henry I married English princess
in early 12th cent God→royal authority
Strategic marriages good!
Coronation rites degraded position
of count (though counts were often
more powerful than king of France)

By Cúnla (cunla) Published 16th May, 2018. Sponsored by Readability-Score.com


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