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A Distant Mirror - The 14th Century Period was a time of turmoil, diminished expectation, feeling of helplessness at forces beyond human control.

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1 A Distant Mirror - The 14th Century Period was a time of turmoil, diminished expectation, feeling of helplessness at forces beyond human control.

2 Two Great Natural Disasters Little Ice Age Bubonic Plague

3 Little Ice Age Late 1200's to early 1800’s with break 1500-1600 Baltic Sea froze over 1303, 1306-7. Alpine glaciers advanced. Norse settlements in Greenland cut off. Grain cultivation ceased in Iceland. Crops failed after heavy rains, 1315; famine, reports of cannibalism, epidemics.

4 Bubonic Plague First wave 1347-1350. Killed 1/3 of population of Eurasia Six more waves 1350-1400. Population of Europe cut by 50% by 1400. Probably closest approach to the effects of a thermonuclear war in history.

5 Social Upheavals Closure of route to China, 1368. Hundred Years War 1337-1450 Chaos in the Church –Great Western Schism 1378. –John Wycliff, first of the reformers –Bogomil in the Balkans Advance of Turks in Balkans.

6 Effects of Disorder Apathy. Self-Indulgence. Rise of graphic, often gruesome, realism in art. Hysteria, religious fanaticism. Search for scapegoat. –Jews (linked to resentment over money-lending, desire to erase debts) –Witches (linked to suppression of Knights Templars via sensational witchcraft and sorcery trials which fanned popular hysteria)

7 Start of the Renaissance Term first used by late 14th century by Italian scholars who saw themselves as the vanguard of a period of improved conditions.

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