Chapter 2 Test: 9/18 Flashcards
Purpose of Hanseatic League
Control trade in North and Baltics
Consequences of Bubonic Plague
- Kills 2/3 of population
- Growth of urban centers as people move in
- Hanseatic League forms
Causes of 100 Yrs War
- King of England resents being a vassal to king of France
2. King of England claims French throne
English Advantage in 100 Yrs War
Create long bow which can penetrate armor
Battle of Agincourt
100 Yrs War
English victory
Siege of Orleans
French victory led by Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
Led French in Siege of Orleans
Captured by English and charged with witchcraft; executed
Outcome of 100 Yrs War
English lose war and land except Calais
Important Italian States
- Venice
- Milan
- Florence
Important German States
- Austria
- Brandenburg
- Bavaria
Albigensians
- History is struggle between good and evil
- Satan created Earth
- Jehovah is god of evil
Crushed by Pope’s crusades
Waldensians
Founded by Peter Waldo
Bible is sole rule of life
Wycliffes
Founded by John Wycliffe
First to translate Bible to English which launches Protestant Reformation in the UK
Lollards
- Clergy members are too worldly
2. Urged social reform
Hussites
Founded by John Huss (catholic priest)
Criticized wealth of church
Declared heretic; burnt at stake
Beginning of Great Schism
King Phillip IV of France decides to tax church land
Pope Bonaface VII is furious
Phillip arrests Bonaface, makes Clement V Pope
Clement moves to Arignon France
Unam Sanctum
Issued by Bonaface in response to Phillip
Says there is no salvation outside of church so all are required to submit to Pope’s authority
Nickname of Great Schism
Babylonian Captivity
Cause of Great Schism
Clement dies, replaced by Gregory, who dies in Rome
Italians make Urban VI pope, French Make Clement VI pope
Now 2 Popes exist
Council of Pisa
Created to elect real pope
John XXII is elected
French don’t accept this
Council of Constance
Finally real, sole pope is elected: Martin V
Conciliar Movement
- Establish sancro sancto: council > pope
2. Frequens: council must meet every 10 yrs
Result of Conciliar Movement
Church weakened
Humanism
The beauty and goodness of man and the world and the Classics are stressed
Why did the Renassiance start in Italy?
- Economic: center of trade
- Merchants: wealthy able to support art
- Heritage of Rome: the ancient capital
Effects of Rennasiance on Humanities
- Increase in civic leadership/consciousness
2. Virtue: the quality of being a man, seizing all opportunities
Effects of Rennasiance on Literature
- Vernacular is used
2. Clergy aren’t only writers
Petrarch
“First Man of Letters”
The Christian writer must cultivate literary eloquence so that he could inspire people to do good
Effect of Rennasiance on Education
- Emphasis on classics
2. Emphasis on rhetoric
Rennasiance Outside of Italy
Focused on religion
Emphasis on using classics to deepen Biblical understanding
Mysticism
Idea that the soul in perfect solitude can commune with God without clergy/church
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Gives Greek translation of New Testament
Wrote Praise of Folly: uses satire to criticize nobility, argue that life is improved through Christian principles
1400s Power Struggle Components
- King: provides stability through hereditary monarchy
- Nobility
- Church
- Middle Class
Sales Populi Supreme Lex
Welfare of the people is highest law
Quod principi pla cubit legas habet vigoren
What pleases the prince is the law
War of the Roses: fight over throne between…
- House of York
2. House of Lancaster
Results of War of the Roses
- Monarchy is strengthened
- Many nobles died
- Crown gained property through confiscation from the enemy
- Tudor dynasty comes to power
Henry VII
Comes to power after War of Roses
Abolishes livery and maintenance
Restores nations economy
Henry VIII
Married a lot to produce male heir
Has Mary, Elizabeth, Edward
Strong catholic
Cardinal Thomas Wolsely
Under Henry VIII
Fired when he doesn’t get Henry a divorce from Catherine