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Burghers
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Townspeople, (a burg is a fortified town)
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Bourgeoisie
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"citizens of the burg"; the upper middle class
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Republica Christiana
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A vast Christian commonwealth
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Alfred the Great
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Ruled the Saxon kingdom of Wessex. Fought against the Danes.
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Battle of Hastings
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Here the Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxons
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William the Conqueror
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"duke of Normandy", kept one-sixth of England for himself and distributed the rest among the Norman nobles
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Shires
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Counties
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Sheriffs
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Royal agents
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Domesday Book
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Census data that William of Normandy had taken. It indicated the number of tenatns, cattle, sheep, and pigs, and the quantities of farm equipment throughout the realm.
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Henry I
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Became King of England in 1100
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Henry II
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English king who made trail by jury a regular procedure for many cases
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The Exchequer
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The royal accounting office
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King John
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Ruled corruptly was caused the Magna Carta to be issued
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Magna Carta
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The root of the English repsect for basic rights and liberties
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The Great Council
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Advisors to the King
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