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ENGLISH BUSINESS and LAW Slide 2 TRADE AND TRAVEL 1000 AD TO 1300 AD Trade fairs Grew up near castles Large towns began to develop Slide 3 TRADE AND TRAVEL 1000 AD TO 1300 AD Trade fairs Grew up near castles Large towns began to developCharters Granted by the King Written documents spelled out rules of town Slide 4 MIDDLE CLASS Many young people did not have to Pledge Allegiance Peasants took their share and sold to towns people Merchants Merchants Developed a Middle class. Slide 5 MIDDLE CLASS Businesses need loans Church forbade loaning of money with interest to other Christians Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest. Deuteronomy 23:19 And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? - Luke 6:34-35 Slide 6 MIDDLE CLASS Businesses need loans Church forbade loaning of money with interest to other Christians Jews became the Bankers Anti-Semitic Further developed Anti-Semitic attitudes Slide 7 GUILDS Represented workers of one occupation Only members could work Secrets passed on only to members Positives Protected quality of work Provided social services Slide 8 GUILDSApprentice at age 7 became a trainee to guild masterJourneyman Salaried workers paid little to prevent competition Slide 9 English Law and Parliament Slide 10 William the Conqueror Brought Norman Feudalism To England 1066 Defeated Defeated England Battle of Hastings Slide 11 Counted every man, woman, child, house, out-house, horse, donkey, cow in order to create a centralized tax base Centralizing English government William the Conqueror Slide 12 King Henry II 1154 Common LawTurned English customs into Common Law Traveling Justices JurySet up Jury system Unified Legal System Slide 13 Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Beckett opposed once good friend, Henry Thomas Beckett Knights killed Thomas Beckett. Henry denied any part. Political Consequence: Eased regulation state Control of Clergy CONFLICTS WITH POWER OF CHURCH King Henry II 1154 Slide 14 King John Was Forced To Sign the Magna Carta 1215 Slide 15 King John Was Forced To Sign the Magna Carta 1215 Monarchs must obey LawMonarchs must obey Law Created a Parliamentary ProcedureCreated a Parliamentary Procedure No Taxation without Nobles approvalNo Taxation without Nobles approval (Parliamentary Procedure) All shall have access to courtsAll shall have access to courts Slide 16 Edward I 1272 to 1307 Called a Parliament Of Lords and Commons Slide 17 Two house System House of the Lords Nobles & church leaders formed = House of the Lords House of Commons Knights & towns people = House of Commons Edward I 1272 to 1307 Called a Parliament Of Lords and Commons Slide 18 Slide 19 1200 1300 life is pretty good New Towns New Towns Charters Charters Economy growing Economy growing Then. Then. Slide 20 .