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Late Middle Ages: Social History: pp. 396-413

Late Middle Ages: Social History: pp. 396-413. I. The Life of the People A. Marriage Pre-marital pregnancy Merchet and Banns Role of the Church: What does this say about landed gentry and women’s role’s Take on Margaret and John Paston What were ages? Role of Economics

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Late Middle Ages: Social History: pp. 396-413

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  1. Late Middle Ages: Social History: pp. 396-413 • I. The Life of the People • A. Marriage • Pre-marital pregnancy • Merchet and Banns • Role of the Church: What does this say about landed gentry and women’s role’s • Take on Margaret and John Paston • What were ages? • Role of Economics • Sexual Double Standards don’t kick in until Renaissance for Upper Class

  2. Social History: Late Middle Ages • B. Prostitution • As Urban Phenomenon • Cancels out Late Marriage in Rural Areas • Does it make sense that this industry would flourish? • C. Child-Rearing • D. Divorce • NO!! Why? • E. Life and the Parish • Land and Parish – the most important things • The Manor interlinked with the church

  3. Social History: Late Middle Ages • F. Craft Guilds – Apprentices, Journeymen, Master Craftsmen • Became very exclusionary and nepotistic • Women virtually excluded entirely • Ciompi Revolt in Florence (1378) • Typical of unrest and frustration • G. Recreation • Representative of the grim lives people lived • Bullbaiting, bearbaiting, and public executions • Violent and alcoholic

  4. Social History: Late Middle Ages • H. Laity versus Clergy • If you look at how the church was doing, it is obvious that laity would be gaining in respect and influence, whereas the clergy were declining • I. Fur-Collar Crime: • Rich robbing poor; B/C they could J. Peasant Revolts (see map p. 402) • Would this make sense? • Why would they not succeed? • The Urban vs. Rural Blow • Take on Richard II of England; but typical for the times

  5. Social History: Late Middle Ages • IV. Race and Ethnicity on the Frontiers • *How were racial and ethnic groups distinguished? • *Was Racial Discrimination a factor? NO! – Separate but equal (Jim Crowe) and extraterritoriality virtually everywhere but Ireland – England DID discriminate vs. the Irish. All kinds of Restrictions • Ever growing racism • Things get worse in the Late Middle Ages • Towns were of a different ethnic make-up than most cities • All kinds of Racism, according to blood, later on. • Some Severe

  6. Social History: LMA • V. Vernacular Literature • Importance

  7. Social History: Late Middle Ages • Major Writers • Dante Alghieri (1265-1321): Divine Comedy (1310-20) • Geoffrey Chaucer 1340-1400): Cantebury Tales (1387-1400) • Christine de Pisan (1363-1434): (See LTP); Livre de la Mutacion de Fortune; La Ditie, the City of Ladies, The Book of Three Virtues, and Avison-Christine; See Quote p. 407)

  8. Links to Church Decline and Social History • http://www.newadvent.org • http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/14cpetrarch-pope.html • http://employees.csbsju.edu/ewengler/avignondates.html • http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/14Ccornet.html • http://www.loyno.edu/~history/journal/1986-7/milone.htm • http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html • http://www.atlanticava.org/WebandCamSites/middleages.htm • http://www.siue.edu/CHAUCER/14thcent.html

  9. Social History: LMA • Conclusion: Increasing Literacy among Lay people? Impact?

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