Chapters 9-10 Flashcards
What were the preconditions to the Black Plague?
Increased food supply from the 3 field system led to overpopulation, famine, and a high percentage of unemployed people.
When was the Black Plague present in Europe?
1347-1351
What were some popular remedies for the plague?
Aromatic amulets, moderate/temperate life, promiscuity, and flagellants
Give examples of economic consequences of the plague
Low demand for agricultural products, more money into cities, land converted to pastures
Give examples of social consequences of the plague
Skilled artisans were more valued and the church lost political power but gained revenue, higher value in peasants
How long was the Hundred Years’ War?
1337-1453 (116 years)
What was the Hundred Years’ War?
A war between France and England caused by dynastic rivalries and conflict over the French throne.
Who was Edward III?
The king of England who had claims to the French throne causing war.
Treaty of Troyes
1420 the English disinherited the Dauphin (Charles VII) so Henry V gets both thrones but dies before he can.
Who was Charles VII?
Dauphin-in-hiding who lets Joan of Arc do her thang
Joan of Arc
A 17 year old illiterate peasant who in 1429 repulsed the English at the Battle of Orleans.
Pope Boniface VIII
Tried to establish religious authority over secular authority from 1294-1303
Unam Sanctam
In 1302 pope Boniface asserted that worldly authority is subject to spiritual authority.
Philip IV “the Fair”
Resisted Pope Boniface’s attempt to have church>monarchy.
The Avignon Papacy
French influence in the Cardinals issued annates (taxes) and indulgences. Also called the Babylonian Captivity
The Great Schism
Pope Urban VI rejects the new papal court system and rivals French Pope Clement VII. Both rejected Pope Alexander V in the Conciliar Theory (1378-1417)
John Wycliffe
(1324-1384) an English philosopher pressed for royal>secular pope. Pragmatic realist and religious authority also counted on merits not wealth. Donatiam
Defender of Peace
Written by Marsilius if Padua in 1324 said there would be punishment in next life for first life sins and Popes are subject to secular authority
John Huss
“Hussites” believed in Donatism and questioned mystical happenings
Conciliarism
A hierarchy of the church with representatives overseeing pope. Councils>pope. Attempted at the council of Pisa but resulted in 3 popes
Council of Constance
(1414-1417) removed all three popes and elected through the council a new one. sacrosancta is council>pope
What was the Statute of Laborers?
Limited wages to pre plague levels and made it difficult for peasants to leave their farms
Council of Basel
(1431-1449) compromised with Hussites “Four Articles of Prague” and weakened church for more reformation opportunities.
The Italian Renaissance
Rebirth of classical thought, a revival if ancient learning, gradual release if the full whole nature of man, a prototype for the modern world, transition from Medieval times to modern times
Humanism
The study of Latin and Greek classics as well as the ancient church with the hope of reviving ancient norms and values
Francisco Petrarch
Father of Humanism
Leonardo as Vinci
L’uomo universale. The Vitruvian Man, Virgin of the Rocks, Mona Lisa
Raphael
The Modonnas, Liberation of St Peter, School of Athens