Chapter 11 Flashcards
Great Famine
A time where there were no crops or food which lead to starvation and death.
Black Death
A disease carried by rats that transferred to humans and killed approximately one-third of the population.
flagellants
People would whip themselves because they thought the plague was God’s punishment for sin.
Hundred Years’ War
A war between England and France from 1337 to 1453 where there were causes and consequences of politics and economy.
representative assemblies
When lords and wealthy urban residents had meetings that then became popular in many European countries.
Babylonian Captivity
Where the ancient Hebrews were held captive in Mesopotamian Babylon for seventy years.
Great Schism
The split in church leadership where they went from two to three popes from 1378 to 1417.
conciliarists
People who believed that there should be a general council rather than just the pope in the Roman Church. There would be clergy, theologians, and laypeople.
Jacquerie
When French peasants protested heavy taxation which caused a massive uprising in 1358.
English Peasants’ Revolt
In 1381, in response to the changing economic conditions the peasants revolted.
confraternities
A group that was organized by occupation, devotional preference, neighborhood, or charitable activity.
Statute of Kilkenny
A law that discriminated against the Irish, requiring English to be spoken, forbidden marriage between the English and Irish, and the Irish would have no access yo offices.
