Kristjan Lätte

HENRY II, RICHARD I, JOHN I, MAGNA CARTA

HENRY II

• Reigned 1154-1189

• Mother Matilda

• Father Geoffrey of Anjou

• Wife Elanor of Aquitaine

• Huge empire

THOMAS BECKET

• Archbishop of Canterbury

• Conflict with Henry II

• “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?“

• Venerated as a saint and martyr

RICHARD I THE LIONHEART

• Reigned 1189-1199

• Spent hardly any time in England

• French culture

• Well educated

• Was killed in battle

JOHN I

• Reigned 1199-1216

• Lost the Plantagenet dominions in France

• Very unpopular

• Nicknamed John Lackland

• Quarrels with church

• Stone bridge

MAGNA CARTA

• First document of English constitution

• Contained 63 clauses

• A stage in collapse of feudalism

SOURCES

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_carta

• http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02223/plantagenet-illo_2223279b.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England