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The battle was fought to help keep Europe a Christian region. Charles Martel led the Franks against the Muslims and defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours. By defeating the Muslims this stopped Muslim advance and and Christianity remained Europe’s major religion.
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The new pope & the German king agreed that only the pope could choose bishops, & only the emperor could give jobs in the government.
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People urged to confess heresy, would be tortured, told to ask for forgiveness. If the people refused to confess of heresy then they would be tortured and killed.
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Created the basis for the concept of universal human rights, like trial by jury, no forced marriages, and limited power to kings. The angry barrons forced King John to sign and agree to these terms.
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There were two houses, The house of Lords ,for the high-ranking nobles and lords, and the House of commons ,for the knights and townspeople. The parliment was created by King Edward and it was the first attempt at representative government.
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English kings claimed a right to the land and in 1337 the English king Edward III declared himself king of France. This angered the French even more when he became king of France and so war began and it lasted for over 100 years. The first major battle of the Hundred Years’ War took place at Crécy
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Helped inventions, changed economy, changed number in population, changed feudal system
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Spanish inquisition tortured people who did heresy and so Muslims went somewhere else.
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He became the new emperor to Roman Empire and he moved the capital of Roman Empire to Aachen, Charles went to the aid of the pope when the Lombards tried to regain their territory and he went to the aid of the pope when the Lombards tried to regain their territoy and so he got crowned king of Rome or a holy roman emperor. He invaded Germany and defeated the Saxons living there and then invaded Spain and gained control of the northeastern corner from the Muslims.
