The Crisis of the Late 13th & Early 14th c.

Question 1

what factors contributed to the crisis of the 13th-14th c.?

Answer 1

• population doubled/tripled
• ran out of good land
• natural disater (cold climate, crop failure, Great Famine, livestock diseases)
• Plague (14th-17th c.)

Question 2

Europe experiences external invasion from which two groups?

Answer 2

1. Mongols (central Asia)
2. Ottoman Turks

Question 3

who was Dante (c. 1265-1321)?

Answer 3

• popularized Italian vernacular
• divine comedy (paradise, purgatory & hell)

Question 4

what was the Babylonian captivity of the church?

Answer 4

• caused damage to prestige of church
• raised questions of Pope as Bishop of Rome when he didn’t live there
• Church now property of France
• Popes tried to maintain independence

Question 5

what was intolerance like during the 13th-14th c.?

less tolerant of minority religions than ever before

Answer 5

• revival of torture
• Jews & Muslims accused of plague (poisoned wells)
• Witch hunts of “ignorant & evil” men & women led to widespread execution