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The Crisis of the Late Middle Ages

The Crisis of the Late Middle Ages. Pieter Bruegel , The Triumph of Death (c.1562). Europe’s Population. During the Late Middle Ages. Source: www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Plague.html. The Four Horsemen Revelation 6. http://www.davidmiles.net. The 14 th Century.

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The Crisis of the Late Middle Ages

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  1. The Crisis of the Late Middle Ages Pieter Bruegel,The Triumph of Death (c.1562)

  2. Europe’s Population During the Late Middle Ages Source:www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Plague.html

  3. The Four Horsemen Revelation 6 http://www.davidmiles.net

  4. The 14th Century All of the following were occurring during the fourteenth century: • Famine • Black Death • Hundred Years’ War • Peasant Revolts

  5. Great Famine(1315-1322) • “Little Ice Age” • Food Shortage • Speculators • Excommunicaton • Price Controls • Unsuccessful

  6. Bubonic/Pneumonic Plague (a.k.a. “Black Death”) • c. 1340s • 40% of population dead? A “Beak Doctor” AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo

  7. Bubonic Plague The Aftermath • A “golden age” for workers? • Supply and Demand • Labor Shortage

  8. Hundred Years’ War • 1337-1453 (on and off) • England vs. France • New Weapons • Pike • English Longbow • Battle of Crecy • The “End of Chivalry” • Battle of Agincourt • The “Two Finger Salute” • Decline of Feudalism

  9. “War is Hell.” -- William T. Sherman, 1879

  10. ChivalryThe Warrior Code of the Middle Ages Rich man’s war… Rich man’s fight!

  11. Sir Bors’ Dilemma

  12. Battle of Crécy(1346) The “End of Chivalry” Edward III King of England Outnumbered 3-1? PRIMARY SOURCE: Froissart’s Chronicles[Excerpt]

  13. Battle of Agincourt(1415) Henry V King of England Outnumbered 3-1?

  14. Battle of Agincourt(1415) “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;Or close the wall up with our English dead.In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility:But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger;Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage” -- Shakespeare, Henry V (Act III, Scene I) Henry V King of England Outnumbered 3-1?

  15. KEY: English French English Allies

  16. Joan of Arc • 1412-1431 • French Peasant / Mystic • National Hero • TURNING POINT • Of Hundred Years’ War • Heretic and Saint

  17. Change Over Time… Joan interrogated in her prison cell by Cardinal Winchester. By Hippolyte Delaroche, 1824, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France. Joan of Arc became a popular figure in art in the 19th century – for more paintings, see Joan’s Wikipedia page.

  18. Nationalism

  19. English Peasants’ Revolt(1381) PRIMARY SOURCE: Froissart’s Chronicles[Excerpt]

  20. English Peasants’ Revolt(1381) • Wat Tyler • Leader • Murdered by London Mayor • Unsuccessful, BUT • Decline of serfdom in England Wat Tyler or St. Paul?

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