Medieval England: The Reign of Edward I, 1272–1307

What Medieval England: The Reign of Edward I, 1272–1307 covers

Medieval England: The Reign of Edward I, 1272–1307 is examined in Paper 2, Shaping the nation. It covers Henry III’s legacy, Development of government, rights and justice, trade, towns and villages, education and learning, the development of the legal system, medieval warfare, tactics and technology, the invasion and colonisation of Wales, relations with Scotland and the historic environment of Medieval England.

The 11 subtopics

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• Henry III’s legacyEdward's part in the civil war, the Provisions of Oxford, his return from crusade and coronation, the debts, the state of law and order, Llywelyn's defiance, his handling of the nobility, and his character.Open →
• Development of government, rights and justiceThe Hundred Rolls, Robert Burnell, the two Statutes of Westminster, the Statute of Mortmain and the dead hand, the Quo Warranto inquiries and their settlement, why parliament was summoned, and the Model Parliament.Open →
• Trade, towns and villagesFarming and the open fields, the wool trade and the monasteries, what made a town, the wool custom and the maltolt, the Statute of Merchants, the Riccardi, the re-coinage, and the expulsion of the Jews.Open →
• Education and learningWhy the Church controlled learning, song and grammar schools, Oxford and Cambridge, the seven liberal arts, lectures and disputation, the first colleges, the friars, Roger Bacon and Duns Scotus.Open →
• The development of the legal systemCommon law and statute law, the manor, hundred and shire courts, the general eyre and the Church courts, trial by jury and outlawry, the commonest crimes and their punishments, and Edward I's Statutes of Gloucester and Winchester.Open →
• Medieval warfare, tactics and technologyWhy sieges outnumbered battles, blockade, the trebuchet and the Warwolf, mining under walls, rams, ladders and towers, the charge of the mounted knight and its cost, the longbow and massed archery, and a knight's armour.Open →
• The invasion and colonisation of WalesLlywelyn's refusal, the campaign of 1277 and the Treaty of Aberconwy, Dafydd's revolt and the second war, the Statute of Rhuddlan, the iron ring of castles and their English towns, and the cost of conquest.Open →
• Relations with ScotlandAlexander III's death and the Maid of Norway, the Great Cause and Balliol, how Edward undermined King John, Berwick, Stirling Bridge, Falkirk and Wallace's death, Robert Bruce's rising and coronation in 1306, Edward's revenge, his death on the march north in 1307, and the Hammer of the Scots.Open →
• The historic environment of Medieval EnglandHow to write about the site set for study: its location and surroundings, its function and how its use changed, its structure and materials, the people who built and used it, what its design reveals about beliefs and status, and how it links to the events of the period.Open →
• Historic site: the Battle of Stirling Bridge (2027)The 2027 historic environment site: Stirling's crossing of the Forth, how Wallace and Moray used the narrow bridge and boggy ground to defeat Surrey in September 1297, Cressingham's death, and what followed at Falkirk.Open →
• Historic site: Acton Burnell Castle (2028)The 2028 historic environment site: Chancellor Robert Burnell's fortified red sandstone manor in Shropshire, its licence to crenellate, layout and design for display, and the 1283 parliament and Statute of Acton Burnell held there.Open →

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Commonly confused

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• Statute of Mortmain vs Statute of Merchants

  Statute of Mortmain: 1279 law forbidding grants of land to the Church without a royal licence. Statute of Merchants: 1285 law letting a creditor register a debt and seize a defaulter's goods.

• Quo Warranto vs Hundred Rolls

  Quo Warranto: inquiries asking lords by what right they held private courts, markets and gallows. Hundred Rolls: inquiry of 1274 asking juries which royal rights had been lost and which officials abused power.

• Treaty of Aberconwy vs Statute of Rhuddlan

  Treaty of Aberconwy: 1277 settlement leaving Llywelyn his title but penning him into Gwynedd west of the Conwy. Statute of Rhuddlan: 1284 law annexing Wales to the crown and carving it into shires under sheriffs.

Questions from this topic

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1. 1

   Which king did Edward I succeed in 1272, and what relation was he to him?

   Model answer

   His father, Henry III, who had worn the crown since 1216.

2. 2

   How did Edward behave in the civil war between his father and the rebel barons?

   Model answer

   After a brief flirtation with the reformers he fought for the king, escaped from captivity and destroyed Simon de Montfort's army at Evesham in 1265.

3. 3

   What had the Provisions of Oxford of 1258 forced upon Henry III?

   Model answer

   A council of fifteen barons that chose his ministers and controlled his spending, so that he could no longer rule as he pleased.

4. 4

   Where was Edward when his father died, and when was he crowned?

   Model answer

   He was returning from crusade in the eastern Mediterranean; he took his time coming home and was crowned at Westminster in August 1274.

5. 5

   Why did it matter that England stayed quiet during the two years before the new king arrived?

   Model answer

   He was accepted as king from the moment his father died rather than from his coronation, which showed how far the crown's authority had recovered after the civil war.

6. 6

   What financial difficulty did Edward inherit?

   Model answer

   Huge debts left by the civil war and by his own crusade, at a time when royal income had shrunk because lands and rights had slipped out of the crown's hands.

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What does Medieval England: The Reign of Edward I, 1272–1307 cover in AQA GCSE History?

11 subtopics: henry iii’s legacy, development of government, rights and justice, trade, towns and villages, education and learning, the development of the legal system, medieval warfare, tactics and technology, the invasion and colonisation of wales, relations with scotland, the historic environment of medieval england, historic site: the battle of stirling bridge (2027) and historic site: acton burnell castle (2028). Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

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