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Y103: England 1199–1272

Henry’s rule 1232–1258: policy towards the Jews, problem of Crusading and the Sicilian affair

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Recall questions on policy towards the Jews, government in the localities, causes of growing unpopularity by 1258 including war with France, the problem of Crusading and the Sicilian affair.

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Key term

Explain how royal exploitation of the Jews damaged the crown's relations with the baronage.

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Explain the Sicilian affair.

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Give two grievances about government in the localities under Henry.

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    Describe Henry's policy towards the Jews.

    Model answer

    He treated the Jewish community as a financial reservoir, imposing repeated crushing tallages, and legislated in 1253 to restrict their worship, residence and dress.

  2. 2

    Explain how royal exploitation of the Jews damaged the crown's relations with the baronage.

    Model answer

    Tallages forced Jewish lenders to call in loans, and the resulting debts, often secured on land, passed into the hands of great men and the crown, so lesser landholders lost estates and blamed the king's policy.

  3. 3

    Give two grievances about government in the localities under Henry.

    Model answer

    Sheriffs were required to pay increments above the traditional county farm and squeezed the shires to find the money, and complaints of corruption and extortion by local officials went unremedied.

  4. 4

    Why did local grievances matter politically as well as socially?

    Model answer

    The knights and freeholders who suffered them were the men who staffed juries, served in county courts and would be summoned to parliament, so their discontent gave the reforming barons a following in every shire.

  5. 5

    What happened on Henry's expedition to France in 1242?

    Model answer

    Encouraged by his mother and stepfather, he campaigned in Poitou, was deserted by his allies and was forced to retreat after defeats, achieving nothing.

  6. 6

    Who were the Lusignans, and when did they arrive in England?

    Model answer

    They were Henry's half-brothers, the sons of his mother's second marriage, who came to England in 1247 and were lavishly provided for.

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