Unit 1: Black Death, 100 yr war, Renaissance, Ecclesiastical Breakdown Flashcards
Preconditions of Black Death
90% of people worked the land, overpopulation due to excess of food, 1315-17 great famine weakened population
Black Death
1347-1351
From Asia and came thru Mediterranean, 25 million peeps died, Land owners suffered most, led to statute of laborers
Statute of Laborers
1351
Froze wages at pre plague and prevented pole from travelling
Hundred Year’s War
1337-1453
Series of battles between England and France caused by dynastic rivalry, Edward III had a claim to the French crown
Struggle for national identity
FRANCE
Feudalism, bigger pop, more resources, loans form Italy, NOT CENTRALIZED
ENGLAND
FANFUCKINGTASTIC. LONG BOW USING, UNIFIED, TEA DRINKING SHITS WITH A NAVY COMPARABLE TO BEYONCE
3 Stages of WAR
Edwardian Phase- English claims throne, got Calais, capture John II, ends with peace of Bretigny-Calais
Campaigns of Henry V- Burgandy is a whishy washy ho and it disinherits the dauphin (Charles VI son)
Joan of Arc- Battle or Orleans, SHE DIES
RENAISSANCE
1375-1527
rebirth of knowledge form classical way of thinking and revival of ancient learning and let people think and do more and question the status quo
MAJOR CITIES
Milan, Venice, Florence, Papal states, Naples Aka Nipples
FRANCESCO PETRACH
SUGAR DADDY OF HUMANISM
Important writers
Dante Aligheri, Boccacio, Bldassare Castiglione, Christine de Pisan
ARTists
Giotto-Pop pop of art, Raphael, De Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli-with thE MOTHERFUCKING EGG SHELLS
ART
Realism, perspective, NUDITY, contrapasta, chiachurro, sfumato, indiviualism
Treaty of Lodi
Created a balance of power in italy
1st invasion
Charles VIII wants a legacy and invades, Piero de Medici lets him thu with Piza as a prize, Girolamo Savonarola kicks out Piero and makes a theocracy, LEAGUE OF VENICE