Chapter 5: The Decline of Feudalism
Study Guide/Review for Quiz
Please use complete sentences below, unless otherwise instructed.
Section 5.1 Introduction
What were the three causes for the breakdown of the feudal system?
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Section 5.2 Political Development in England
Explain how Henry II made legal reform a central concern of his reign.
What was Magna Carta?
Which king gave commoner’s a voice in government? How?
How did political changes in England weaken feudalism?
5.3 The Bubonic Plague
Where do historians believe the plague originated? How did it spread?
Why had power shifted from nobles to the common people after the plague?
Section 5.4 The Hundred Years’ War
Why were the English about to have successes in the early battles of the war?
Why were the French able to finally drive the English out of France?
How did the Hundred Years’ War contribute to the decline of feudalism?
Please be sure to know the following vocabulary terms and key people. Use the back of this
paper as a possible resource to make notes on any unfamiliar terms or people.
Charter
Bubonic Plague
Guild
Hundred Years’ War
Apprentice
Heretic
Common law
Henry II
Magna Carta
King John
Habeas corpus
King Edward I
Model parliament
Joan of Arc
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