Chapter 11 flash cards
Great famine p.324
from years 1315 to 1322. that hit much of Europe after a period of climate change
Black death p.325
plague that hit Europe in 1347 and killed perhaps one third of the population
Flagellants p.331
people who whipped themselves for penance because they thought the plague was a form of gods punishment
Hundred years war p.332
A war between France and England from 1337 to 2453 with political and economic causes and consequences
Representative assemblies p.338
deliberative meetings of lords and wealthy urban residents that flourished in many European countries between 1250 and 1450
Babylonian Captivity p.339
the period from 1309 to 1376 when the popes resided in Avignon rather than in Rome. the phrase refers to the seventy years when the Hebrews were held captive in Babylon
Great Schism p.340
the division or split in church leadership from 1378 to 1417 when there were two then three popes.
Conciliarists p.340
people who believed that the authority in the roman church should rest in a general council composed of clergy theologians and laypeople rather than in the pope alone
Confraternities p.343
voluntary lay groups organized by occupation devotional preference neighborhood or charitable activity
Jacquerie p.344
A massive uprising by french peasants in 1358 protesting heavy taxation
English peasants revolt p.346
Revolt by English peasants in 1381 in response to changing economic conditions
Statute of Kilkenenny p.351
law issued in 1366 that discriminated against the Irish forbidding marriage between the English and the Irish requiring the use of the English language and denying the Irish access to ecclesiastical offices
