1. Disasters of the Fourteenth Century
Section 2.5

2. Bring Out Your Dead

3. The Black Death

4. Plague’s Causes According to Medieval People
Sinister alignment of the planets
Foul air created by recent earthquakes
A Jewish conspiracy
God’s punishment

6. Why did it spread so rapidly?
Lack of sanitation/ hygiene
Overcrowded cities
Malnourished population
New trade routes

10. Characteristics
Flu-like symptoms at first
Egg-sized lumps on neck& armpit
Hemorrhaging under the skin(caused purple blotches)

11. Characteristics
Infection of lungs allowed virus to spread through cough or sneeze
Victims died in 1 to 6 days
A disease of revulsion rather than sympathy

13. Results of the Black Death
33% population wiped out
Food production decreased
Breakdown of feudal system
Serfs, lords died
Labor shortage
wages rose
Catholic Church lost power
Anti-Semitism increased

14. Ring Around the Rosie A Pocket Full of Posies Ashes, Ashes We All Fall Down

15. Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) Causes
Edward III (Philip the Fair’s grandson) claimed French crown
Had backing from French barons, Flemish wool merchants

16. Characteristics Took place in France & Low Countries
Glorified chivalry overall
Chivalry disregarded at Crecy (1346)
England controlled large parts of France by 1419
Joan of Arc
Lifted siege at Orleans (1429)
Turning point of war

19. Results Joan of Arc’s execution fostered patriotism
Parliamentary govt. grew
Commons (knights and burgesses) got right to approve tax increases
French noble class diminished

20. Results Revolts Jacqueries (nickname for peasants) in 1358
Lords tried to freeze wages
Peasants had rising expectations
Wat Tyler’s rebellion (1381)
Peasants ultimately better off

21. Babylonian Captivity (1309-1377)
Papacy a tool of French
Great Schism ( )
England/Germany recognize Urban VI
France recognize Clement VII
Papal prestige sank even lower
How do I save my soul?

22. Babylonian Captivity (1309-1377)
People begin to question the Church
John Wycliff and the Lollards
Proposed that common man read Bible (In English!)
Jan Huss
Utilized Wycliff’s ideas for Bohemia

23. Conciliar Movement Council of Constance (1414) Ends Schism
Discourages heresy (Huss executed)
Issues reforms
Martin V is made Pope
Others step aside
Martin dissolves Council
Refuses reforms
Church ruled by Pope, not Council

24. Results of the Disasters
Mass Neurosis
Church loses power
Population decline
Revolts break out
Favorable position for peasants
Fixed rents
Property owning class emerges
Renaissance begins!!!