1. The Late Medieval Period

2.  S ocial  P olitical  R eligious  I ntellectual  T echnological  E conomic Apply the SPRITE Analysis Framework to the late medieval period to develop an understanding of key events—Bubonic Plague (Black Death), The Hundred Years’ War, and the political struggle between church and state. Use our analysis to create a foundation for understanding the course of historical events that immediately follow including the Italian and Northern Renaissance, the Reformation, and the religious wars of the 16 th century.

3. Using multiple sources to support your position creating a “snapshot” in time. Corroboration: confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding.)

4. Sources: Excerpt from, The Decameron- Giovanni Boccaccio Video-Segments from, Ancient Mysteries-The Black Death-What did you hear and/or see that confirmed what you read in your textbook? Images: Medieval Doctor, Flagellants, Dance of Death A children’s rhyme.

8. “Ring around the rosie, A pocket full of posies, Ashes, Ashes! We all fall down!”

9. What did you learn from each source? What were the similarities and differences among the sources? What do you still need to find out? What questions do you still have? What assumptions did you make?

10.  Preconditions and causes  Popular remedies  Social and economic consequences  New conflicts and opportunities

11.  Power of monarchies increased while the power of the church decreased.  Centralization of political power (monarchs).  Feudalism decreased  Nationalism increased-identity to a nation under a monarch, not obligation to a landlord.

12.  Depopulation  Urbanization-growth of European cities.  Discontent of peasants and serfs.

13.  Decline in agricultural demand and prices, increase in the price of luxury goods and services-guilds and skilled artisans benefited.  Increase demand for skilled labor.  Economic mobility-serfs attempted to move into skilled positions.  Attempts to stabilize wages-Statute of Laborers 1351  Conversion of arable land to pastures (wool)  Decline in the value of noble estates and their power  Decreased labor supply  Guilds-political power steadily increased.  Inflation due to a shortage of labor and rise in wages (price of goods increased, value of money remained steady or decreased)

15.  Please respond to the following question(s) in your notebook. What were the underlying and precipitating causes of the Hundred Years’ War? What advantages did each side have? Why were the French finally able to drive the English entirely out of France?

16.  National rivalry  Dynastic rivalry  Feudalism  Attempt to centralize government-both sides  Economic gain-Flanders-Wool Industry  National Identity

17.  Disciplined military  Better military strategy  Better military technology-The longbow  Centralized government in place

18.  Wealthier nation  Fighting on home territory  By the end, Joan of Arc and a strong sense of nationalism

19.  Weaker centralized government  Weaker military  Lack of economic resources-The Jacquerie 1358  Estates General

20.  English forces were exhausted  France continued to have military success after Joan and the Battle of Orléans  French nationalism increased  Burgundy allied with the French  France became politically centralized

21. “In many aspects religion is the most interesting of man’s ways, for it is the ultimate commentary on life and his only defense against death.” Will Durant. American writer, philosopher, and historian. Think and Respond. Church and State were united. Church and State were divided. The Church was subordinate to the State. The State was subordinate to the Church. I don’t know, there were too many popes and kings involved

23.  How are each of the following significant to the history of the medieval Church?  Marsiglio of Padua  John Wycliffe-Lollards  Jan (John) Huss-Hussites

24.  Why were kings in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries able to hurt the Church more than it could hurt them? How did kings attack the Church during this period?  What were the causes and effects of the Great Schism? How does the Conciliar Theory relate to the Great Schism? How does the Conciliar Theory relate to other political and social developments of the late Middle Ages?  "The late Middle Ages might best be considered a period of chaos and disunity." Do you agree with this assessment?