1. Ch.9: Late Middle Ages Social and Political Background

2. Video to set stage Dark Ages

3. The Black Death Known as the Bubonic Plague Results of Overpopulation
Economic depression
Famine
Bad Health and Hygiene

4. The Black Death Continued
Named for discoloration of body
Believed to have introduced because of seaborne rats from the black sea
40% of Western Europe had lost its population
Lack of sophisticated medicine led to superstitions:
Poisonous fumes released by earthquakes
Corruption of Atmosphere
Jews were seen as the cause;
Way of depleting Jewish wealth or negating debts

5. Black Death Consequences
Weakened power of nobility
Farm laborers decreased in numbers but wages increased especially for skilled artisans
Peasant rebelled against government efforts to limit their wages
Peasant Revolt of 1381
Cities and skilled industries prospered from the effects of the plague which created a need for more expensive goods
The economic power of artisans and guilds grew

6. The Hundred Years’ War and Rise of National Sentiment
Toward the end of middle ages Monarch began to assert power in England and France result in The Hundred Years War ( )
England and France fought a series of conflicts
England Rulers claimed land inherited from the Normans
French Rulers wished to unite Norman lands with their kingdom
English King Edward III claimed the right to French Throne after death of Charles IV
The territorial proximity of the England and France and their quarrel over rights to Flanders exacerbated the dispute

7. Hundred Years’ War English Success- Longbow and Unity
France weakness- infighting and lack of leadership
Joan of Arc- led French to Battle of New Orleans- which would lead to defeat of English
Joan was captured by the English, tried for witchcraft, and burned at the stake
The French rallied around King Charles VII and drove the English almost completely out of France
1453 The War Ends
England only controlled port Calais in France

8. Effects of the Hundred Years’ War
Decline in Feudalism
Castle and mounted knights were outdated
Feudal soldiers were replaced with hired national armies
Armies were expensive
Monarchs relied on lower nobility for new revenue
Who paid taxes and gave loans in return for security and good government
Victory United France
English nobles were bitter about loss of land in France
Throughout 1400s England was divided by social conflict