Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these developments in medieval state-building, earliest first.
- The Cortes of León summons townsmen
- Domesday Book surveys England
- Hugh Capet is elected king of the Franks
- The Golden Bull fixes the imperial election in seven electors
- Philip IV convokes an assembly of the estates
- Magna Carta is imposed on King John
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- Three of these fall before 1200 and three after.
- Hugh Capet 987, Domesday 1086, León 1188, Magna Carta 1215, the estates 1302, the Golden Bull 1356.
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- Hugh Capet is elected king of the Franks
- Domesday Book surveys England
- The Cortes of León summons townsmen
- Magna Carta is imposed on King John
- Philip IV convokes an assembly of the estates
- The Golden Bull fixes the imperial election in seven electors
Why
The clustering between 1188 and 1302 is not a coincidence. Representative assemblies appear across western Europe within a century of one another because the same pressure appears everywhere at once: rulers whose wars now cost more than their estates yield, asking for money they have no customary right to.
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