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Review: The breakdown of medieval europe

Review: The breakdown of medieval europe. 03.23.2012 p. 26 L/R. DO NOW. Why did the population of Europe grow rapidly from 1000 to 1300? Improvements to medicine c. better food production Trade growth d. better diplomacy How did guilds protect craftsworkers ?

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Review: The breakdown of medieval europe

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  1. Review: The breakdown of medieval europe 03.23.2012 p. 26 L/R

  2. DO NOW • Why did the population of Europe grow rapidly from 1000 to 1300? • Improvements to medicine c. better food production • Trade growth d. better diplomacy • How did guilds protect craftsworkers? • They set prices to prevent competition • They forbade those in other cities from having similar businesses • They raised prices regularly • They gave special prices to nobles • St. Thomas Aquinas emphasized • The use of Latin c. vows of poverty • The use of Greek d. the value of both faith and reason • What is the impact of the plague on Europe’s working class? answer in 1-2 sentences! 

  3. 7.6.3 Understand the development of feudalism • Population increases: horses, iron plow, horseshoes, harness • Three-field system: crop rotation, makes sure farmer doesn’t starve • Surplus food is traded for other goods • Some start to specialize: France – grapes, Spain – olives • Italians develop banking system, use letters of credit • Growth of trade = growth of towns, markets, fairs, shops • Guilds form: groups of people with same job/craft, in same town • Protect and regulate business • Set prices, watch quality

  4. 7.6.8 Understand the importance of the Catholic church • Mendicant monks: outside, collecting donations • (Monastic monks are IN the monastery) • St. Francis of Assisi: rich, decides to live life the way Jesus did. Can talk to animals?? • St. Clare – inspired by Francis, life of poverty/devotion • (“Poor Clares”) • Extra $$ is used to build cathedrals in towns; gothic style • Gargoyles, pointed arches, stained-glass windows, flying buttresses • First universities, books travel by trade • St. Thomas Aquinas, professor, combines faith and reason • Studies Aristotle • Believes in natural law: basic laws to humans/nature (ex. Right v. wrong) • Writes a “proof” that God exists

  5. 7.6.7 Map the spread of the bubonic plague • 2 straight years of rain; kills crops and animals • Great Famine, many starve to death • Hundred Years’ War; between England and France • King of England, Edward III, says he is also King of France • Guns, cannons, longbows used for the 1st time • Joan of Arc leads the French to victory; hears voices? English burn her at the stake for being a witch • 1347, bubonic plague arrives from Central Asia • Carried on ships/trade routes by rats/fleas • 1/3rd of Europe dies • Jews are the scapegoats, many are exiled/killed • Population decrease, serfs start getting $$, end of feudalism and the middle ages

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