chapter 11 key terms Flashcards
Great Famine
a terrible famine from 1315 to 1322, that hit much of europe after a period of climate change.
Black Death
Plague that first struck europe in 1347 and killed around 1/3 of the population.
flagellants
People who believed that the plague was god’s punishment for sin and sought to do penance for by flagellating (whipping) themselves
Hundred Years’ War
A war between england and france from 1337-1453, with political and economic causes and consequences.
representative assemblies
Deliberative meetings of lords and and wealthy urban residents that flourished in many european countries between 1250 and 1450
Babylonian Captivity
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
The division, or split, in church leadership from 1378 to 1417 when there were two, then three, popes.
conciliarists
People who believed that the authority in the roman church should rest in a general council composed of clergy, theologists, and laypeople, rather than in the pope alone.
confraternities
Voluntary lay groups organized by occupation, devotional preference, neighbourhood, or charitable activity.
Jacquerie
A massive uprising by french peasants in 1358 protesting heavy taxation.
English Peasants’ Revolt
Revolt by english peasants in response to changing economic conditions.
Statue of Kilkenny
law issued in 1366 that discriminated against the irish , forbidding marriage between the english and the irish, requiring use of the english language, and denying the Irish access to ecclesiastical offices.
