HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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He built castles, cathedrals, and monasteries.
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To decide taxes, he carried out the first census since Roman times.
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He set up common law, circuit judges, juries of citizens.
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He encouraged people to learn new skills from Norman weavers and artisans.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Common law – the system of law that emerged in England begin-ning in the Middle Ages and is based on case law and precedent rather than codified law. Corpus iuris civilis – meaning “body of civil laws, ‘’ the name given to the compilation of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine em-peror Justinian I in 529 CE.
Detailed explanation-2: -Traditional common law is based on previous court judgments, which are called precedents. In contrast, the civil law system is based on acts and codes typically passed by the legislative body of the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -A common law system is the system of jurisprudence that is based on the doctrine of judicial precedent, the principle under which the lower courts must follow the decisions of the higher courts, rather than on statutory laws.
Detailed explanation-4: -Magna Carta-weakened the power of the kings; Henry’s II legal reforms-established trial by jury, gave more power to judges, Edward I’s Modal Parliament-gave a voice to common people.