The Medieval period
In 1154 Henry II started to
reign. Henry II was the king who increased royal power at the expense of nobles. His desire to
control the Roman Catholic Church in England led to the murder of T. Becket. Richard I has
become a model of a true knight. John(Richards brother) gained a weak, even villainous ruler.
1215 he signed the Magna Carta. This was the beginning of constitutional morachy in England.
Henry V won the Fench in the battle of Agnicourt in 1415. Henry VI went insaine and gave his
throne to his uncle Duke of Yorke. When Henry IV wanted his throne back, his uncle refused,
which leaded to the War of the Roses. Edward IV encouraged William Caxton to set up a
printing press with movable type. 1483 came to reign Edward V who was only 12 years old.
Richard(Ed's uncle) had Edward V and his younger brother imprisoned in the Tower of London.
When it was rumoured that he had had the two boys murdered in the tower, rebellion broke out,
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