WHY WAS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR KINGS TO CONTROL THE CHURCH?
1. Your teacher will start off by telling you a gruesome story. It is the story of a shocking murder and it is your job to work out why it happened. In the process of finding out you will also learn why it was so difficult for kings to control the Church. The story is below:
Enquiry: Was the King more powerful than the church?
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| enquiry_planning_sheet.pptx |
| l6_challenges_to_royal_power__church.pptx |
Case Studies - The power of the Church
| detailed_version_case_studies.docx |
Evaluation tasks:
| could_the_church_limit_the_king.pptx |
Additional Tasks:
2. Read over pages 59 & 60 up to Step 1. Use the information to make notes under the headings
4. Pages 63 & 64 take you even further back in the story to explain the origins of their quarrel. Match up the people to the speech bubbles on page 64. What reasons can be given to blame:
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- Things which show the archbishop had upset some bishops
- Things that show that the archbishop had upset the king
4. Pages 63 & 64 take you even further back in the story to explain the origins of their quarrel. Match up the people to the speech bubbles on page 64. What reasons can be given to blame:
- The king for the quarrel and murder,
- Beckett for the quarrel and his own death.
- Open up a new word document and write the title: Why was it so difficult for medieval kings to control the Church?
- Open the following word file: Becket church-monarchy essay.docx
- Find the introduction and conclusion and cut and paste them into your document leaving a big gap between the two paragraphs
- Match the shorter sentences that start the paragraphs with a longer explanation that supports it.
- Organise the paragraphs into a logical order so that it makes sense when it is read
- Now read over the following sheet and find extra information to put into your essay to make it even better:Making your essay better.pdf
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