why had the regime become so unpopullar by 1258

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  • why had the regime become inreasingly unpopular by 1258?
    • foreign policy
      • still hoped to regain his lands in france
        • this woukd require vast sums of money only obtained through heavy taxation
          • finances
            • H's income in the 1240s was still less than that of John
              • during peacetime he could survive but did not have the funds for a prolonged war
            • foreign policy incursions would result in growing demands which culminated in the financial and political crisis of 1258
            • 1232-57 - H requested tax on at least 14 occasions
              • only granted 2x in 32 and 37
              • there were times when he was offered supply, or taxation, in return for concessions or the settlement of their complaints
                • H believed that the terms were unacceptable
          • great reluctance on the part of the prototype parliaments to grant the sums needed
      • foreign policy incursions would result in growing demands which culminated in the financial and political crisis of 1258
      • the failure of policy in France prompeted Henry to make peace w/ louis
        • encouraged him to look elsewhere to create an empire
          • resulting in thr sicilian affair
    • finances
      • H's income in the 1240s was still less than that of John
        • during peacetime he could survive but did not have the funds for a prolonged war
      • 1232-57 - H requested tax on at least 14 occasions
        • only granted 2x in 32 and 37
        • there were times when he was offered supply, or taxation, in return for concessions or the settlement of their complaints
          • H believed that the terms were unacceptable
    • Magna carta
      • 1225 sufficient money was levied for war in Gascony by reissuing Magna Carta
        • it was obvious tax could then not be levied without an agreement
          • gave the assemblies power
            • the meetings developed over this period so that they became more representative of the realm and by 1254 not only were tenants-in-chief summoned, but county courts were ordered to elect 2 knight to represent the counties to grant taxation

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