description of the black death Flashcards
the black death
Plauge that struck 14th century Europe
1347-1351
The description of the black death
It discolored the body and went all around Europe
How many people died from the black death
25 million , 2/5 of the population
The preconditions of the black death
3 field system ( more food led to more population which led to an outstrip of food)
Which left Europe vulnerable
The characteristics of the black death
Discoloration of the body ( hence the name the “black death”), sneezing, wheezing, the bulbous and etc
The cause and spread of the black death
Fleas the Rats bore entered Europe through the Black sea, then followed the trade routes inflecting people
Social and economic consequences of the black death
Prices plumet, fewer laborers, decline in the value of the land that nobility had, more people came to urban areas
Social groups affected by the plauge
Nobles and land owners
Popular remidies used against the black plauge
Aromatic amulets Lancing the bulb Leeching Doctors robes Flight and or seclusion
Statute of laborers
1351
Prevented peasants from leaving their land owner and wouldn’t increase their pay
Traditional “containers” of monarchy
Nobility and church
Description of the Hundred years war
May 1337- October 1453
Struggle for national identity
Causes of the Hundred years war
Edward ||| asserting claim to the French throne, the proximity between England and France, and because their rivals
Result of the Hundred years war
France “wins”
Frances government becomes more centralized
England opens its Owen textile industries
And the peasants pay for everything
Key players in the hundred years war
Philip V|, Edward |||, John ||, Henry V & V|, Charles V & Charles V| / V|| ( same person), and Joan of Arc
France at the start of the war
3x’s the population of England, way wealthier, fought on their own soil
Poorly trained troops, had the crossbow (not the long bow which England had)
The Jacquerie
1358
Peasants revolt in France, the peasants were tried of paying
The Estates General
1355
A representative council made up of townspeople, clergy, and nobles ( after the king John || was captured by England ( 100 yes war))
Treaty of Troyes
1420
Disinherited the heir to the French throne by Henry V to Charles V to disinherited his son Charles V|
Reasons for French failures in the Hundred years war
Internal disunity caused by the epidemic social conflicts, borrowed money, estates general
execution of Joan of Arc
1412 - 1431
execution on May 30th 1431 by English, why? Because she was a “heretic” and years later declared as innocent and a saint
papal plenitude of power
gives Pope’s power over Church authority
