WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

DECLINE OF FEUDALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did King Henry II try to make the monarchy stronger?
A
He signed the Magna Carta.
B
He created a parliament.
C
He started the Black Death.
D
He reformed the laws and used trial by royal judges.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He took control of their castles and made them obey royal judges in royal courts rather than running their own law courts with their own laws. Henry II left the monarchy richer and stronger than ever before and this is shown by his Great Seal which was used to approve a new law or similar document.

Detailed explanation-2: -king, Henry II, inherited the throne. He broadened the system of royal justice by expanding accepted customs into law. He then sent out traveling justices to enforce these royal laws. The decisions of the royal courts became the foundation of English common law, a legal system based on custom and court rulings.

Detailed explanation-3: -He strengthened the royal courts of justice by sending royal judges to every part of England at least once a year. They collected taxes, settled lawsuits, and punished crimes. Henry also introduced the use of the jury in English courts.

Detailed explanation-4: -What were Henry II’s greatest accomplishments as king? Determined to assert his rights in all his lands, Henry II reasserted the centralized power of his grandfather, Henry I, in England. He issued the Constitutions of Clarendon, which restricted ecclesiastical privileges and curbed the power of church courts.

Detailed explanation-5: -The legal reforms implemented under Henry II produced a body of law and custom that formed the basis of the English Common Law. Institutions seen as the foundation for legal administration and procedural due process owe their existence to these assizes and ordinances instituted during the twelfth century.

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