Chapter 11 Flashcards
Great Famine
From the years 1315 to 1322, torrential rain ruined the wheat, oat, and hay crops which the people and animals of Europe depended on. This led to the Great Famine.
The Black Death
A plague that came from fleas on rats that killed up to 1/3 on the European population in 1347.
Flagellants
Flagellants were people who believed that the plague was God’s punishment for sin and whipped themselves as penance.
Hundred Years’ War
A war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453. One of the causes of the war was because of a political disagreement over who would inherit the French throne after Charles IV of France died.
Representative Assemblies
Deliberative meetings of lords and wealthy townsfolk that flourished in many European countries from the year 1250 to 1450.
Babylonian Captivity
The year 1309 to 1376 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
The division in church leadership from 1378 to 1417 where there were two popes, then three popes.
Conciliarists
People who believed that the authority in the Roman Church should rest in a general council composed of clergy, theologians, and laypeople, rather than only the pope.
Confraternities
Voluntary lay groups organized by occupation, devotional preferences, neighborhood, or charitable activities
Jacquerie
A massive rebellion by French peasants in 1358 protesting heavy taxation
English Peasants’ Revolt
A revolt by English peasants in 1381 in response to changing economic conditions
Statue of Kilkenny
A law issued in 1366 that discriminated against the Irish, banning marriage between the English and the Irish, requiring the use of the English language, and denying Irish access to ecclesiastical offices
