1. III. Years of Turmoil

2. A. Plague Strikes
Bubonic Plague – Killed 1/3rd of Europe’s total population
Known as the Black Death because of the black spots on the body
Ripped apart the fabric of society

3. Victim of the Black Death

5. B. Plague’s Spread Traders carried the plague into Europe
Flea infested black rats were responsible for spreading the Black Death
Most people did not bathe and most had lice and fleas

7. People also threw sewage and garbage into the street, which became breeding grounds for more rats
Killed million people in Europe
Killed over million people worldwide

9. Procession of the Flagellants

10. C. Effects of the Plague 1) End of the manorial system
2) Serfs left manors in search of jobs
3) Peasants revolted across Europe
4) Jews were blamed for causing the Plague and persecuted and killed
5) Church lost power because prayers did nothing to end the plague

11. Black Death Poem
Ring around the rosy, A pocketful of posies. ashes, ashes. We all fall down!.

12. Modern Interpretation of Poem
"Symptoms of serious illness Flowers to ward off the stench We're burning the corpses We all drop dead."

13. D. Hundred Years’ War 1337-1453 – 116 years
Series of battles between England and France that marks the end of the Middle Ages

16. E. Longbow Changes War “Machine gun of the Middle Ages”
Were over 6 feet long
Were powerful enough to penetrate armor at over 200 yards away
Battle of Crecy – English army defeated French army 3 times its size with aid for longbows
Heavily armored knights vanished

18. F. Joan of Arc
1420 – France and England signed a treaty that would give England control of France following the death of Charles V
Joan of Arc – Teenage peasant girl moved by God to prevent England from ruling France

19. Joan of Arc

20. Claimed to have heard voice from God to fight against the English
Joan led French army to victory at Orleans
Saves France from English rule
1431 – The English capture Joan

21. Condemned Joan as a witch because of her claim of hearing God’s voice
Was declared a heretic and burnt at the stake
Years after her death she was declared a Saint of the Catholic Church