Late Middle Ages What was the most significant development in Europe in the Late Middle Ages?
Late Middle Ages 100 Years War Economy and Trade The Church Knights Black Plague Shiva: Agent of Change
Late Middle Ages CE – 1492 CE See page 140
Late Middle Ages- Knights
Late Middle Ages- Knights The Ideal Chivalry- Code of Personal Honour. Why needed? Mounted with armour Protectors A Culture of War Work Recreation Perfection of the physical ideal Training of pages Construction of Castles- pg 147 Defeated by… Longbow Firearms
Late Middle Ages- 100 Years War Monarchs of England vs. France Battle over who was rightful ruler Battle of Agincourt- pg 135 Why did the war last for so long? French hero(ine)- Joan of Arc “By strengthening the king at the expense of the nobles, she also contributed to the end of feudalism in Europe.” pg 148 English Victory Archers Status
Late Middle Ages- Economy & Trade Fuelled by desire for goods seen on the Crusades Map pg 150 Power of the Hanseatic League Fairs to Towns Why were fairs seen as an “escape from serfdom”? Fairs morphed into permanent towns. Why? Consequences of Towns Trade specialization- Guilds Social Changes Importance of money Freedoms Shift in power
Late Middle Ages- The Church Buildings Gothic style See pg 159 Movement of people Pilgrimages Significance? Rumblings Catholic Church losing monopoly Wycliffe: people could decide for themselves what to believe in, translated Bible into English, critical of Church wealth.
Late Middle Ages- The Plague Recall the power of Germs. “Western Europe experienced a disaster so great that many people thought the end of the world had come.” The facts Communicable disease Brought to Europe by Italian trading ships No cure in medieval medicine 1/3 of population of Europe died Effects Social pg 161 Economic pg 164 Political pg 166
What was the most significant development in Europe in the Late Middle Ages?