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Disasters of the Fourteenth Century

Disasters of the Fourteenth Century. Section 2.5. Bring Out Your Dead. The Black Death. Causes According to Medieval People. sinister alignment of the planets foul air created by recent earthquakes A Jewish conspiracy God’s punishment. Why did it spread so rapidly.

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Disasters of the Fourteenth Century

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  1. Disasters of the Fourteenth Century Section 2.5

  2. Bring Out Your Dead

  3. The Black Death

  4. Causes According to Medieval People • sinister alignment of the planets • foul air created by recent earthquakes • A Jewish conspiracy • God’s punishment

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

  6. Characteristics

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

  8. 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 arose

  9. Ring Around the RosieA Pocket Full of PosiesAshes, AshesWe All Fall Down

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

  11. Characteristics • Took place in France & Low Countries • Glorified chivalry • 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

  12. Results • Joan of Arc’s execution=patriotism • Parliamentary gov grew • Commons (knights and burgesses) got right to approve tax increases • French noble class diminished • Revolts • Jacqueries (nickname for peasant) in 1358 • Lords tried to freeze wages • Peasants had rising expectations • Wat Tyler’s rebellion (1381) • Peasant ultimately better off

  13. Babylonian Captivity (1309-1377) • Papacy a tool of French • Great Schism (1378-1417) • England/Germany recognize Urban VI • France recognize Clement VII • Papal prestige sank even lower • How do I save my soul? • 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

  14. Conciliar Movement • Council of Constance (1414) • Ends schism • Discourage heresy (Huss executed) • Issue reforms • Pope Martin V made pope • Others step aside • Martin dissolves Council • Refuses reform • Church ruled by Pope not council

  15. 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!!!

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