Counts and Kings Cheat Sheet: by Via
Counts and Kings Cheat Sheet: by Via
Counts and Kings Cheat Sheet: by Via
Geo affected pol organisation and Count Fulk Rechin (end of 11th Ecclesiastical 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 communities Military expans continued in Anjou
Invested w/ sword and sceptre John of England failed
Family units→political units late 10th cent and first half of 11th
10th century kings could style →lost most of Angevin and
Process of encroachment:
selves as Vicars of Christ exploited his barons
Counts
1. secure foothold (marriage,
Derived right to rule from lineage Rulers bound by old law
Great Euro fams invested in fam warfare, purchase, force/fraud)
- recounted memories of →subjects could rebel and force
history, traditions, records 2. good rship w/ church
predecessors 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 wait for opportunity (victory in Charlemagne repealed
Warfare + marriage = expansion
battle, enemy away, minority →invoked against King John
and consolidation of pwr comital: of, belonging to, or
rule)
befitting a count or earl Despite hallowed status of old law,
Genealogical rolls v popular
new law was created
Family legend for others' Counts (cont.) Key roles of kings Announcement of new law codes:
perception of fam
Change by mid-11th cent. →Roger II of Sicily
1. Defend the people
ie Song of Roland
territorial units of counties →Frederick II
(Charlemagne'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 justice, punish
778 criminals German kings delegated auth to
dvlpmnt of law & stable pol rather
Literary re-imagining 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 military prowess and
c.1040-1115
By end of 11th cent. more docs valour