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AP Ch. 9
for Ch. 9 test of AP euro (The Late Middle Ages: Social and Political Breakdown)
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History
10th Grade
09/29/2009

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procession of flagellants at Tournai in Flanders

1349

marching with crucified Christ

scourging themselves in imitation of his suffering

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[image]
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The Prince of the World

sandstone sculpture

portrays transitory nature of life

viewers discover beauty of young prince to be only skin deep

body is filled with death symbolized by worms and flesh-eating frogs.

serpect spiraling up left leg enters his back, allusion to biblical teaching that the wages of sin are death.

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from Canon of Medicine (standard medical textbook in Middle East & Europe during Middle Ages)

by Persian physician and philosopher Avicenna (arabic name = Ibn Sina)

shows artist visiting homes of rich patients

 

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Edward III pays homage to feudal lord Philip VI of France

Edward was legally a vassal of Philip's

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contemporary portrait of Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

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justice in the late Middle Ages

most common forms of corporal/capital punishment:

burning

hanging

drowning

blinding

quartering

the wheel

cutting of hair (mark of shame for freemen)

decapitation

amputation of hand (for thieves)

Term
When did Europe's population double?
Definition
between 1000 and 1300
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When was the greatest famine of the Middle Ages?
Definition
1315-1317
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How did the Black Death enter Europe?
Definition
It followed the trade routes from Asia into Europe. Fleas on rats came across the Black Sea.
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When did the Black Death enter major European cities?
Definition
Constantinople: 1346
Sicily: 1347
Venice, Genoa, Pisa: 1348
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How did the Black Death affect a person?
Definition
It mainly affected the lungs. There was also bleeding under the skin that caused black spots, swelling of the lymphnodes, lymphnodes, coughing, and other symptoms.
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How did people react to the Black Death?
Definition
moderation, giving themselves to passions, flight and seclusion, flagellants
Term
What did physicians do about the Black Death?
Definition
nothing.
blamed a corruption in the atmosphere, or poisonous fumes from earthquakes
some people wore amulets
Term
How were the Jews treated as a result of the Black Death?
Definition
They were scapegoats.
POGROMS occurred (tried to hurt Jews)
Term
Economic results of Black Death
Definition
vanishing cities
population decreased
birth rate decreased
labor supply decreased
wages increased
prices decreased (lower demand)
food supply decreased
Term
Statute of Laborers
Definition
1351
passed by English Parliament
limited wages to pre-plague levels
restricted ability of peasants to leave masters
sparked English peasants revolt
Term
taille
Definition
French tax on peasantry
Term
Jacquerie
Definition
uprising that resulted from taille
Term
Church in relation to Black Death
Definition
lost land
gained money from doing funerals, etc.
inherited money from dead nobles
Term
causes of 100 years' war
Definition
1. French throne: Edward III wants throne, Philip VI gets it
2. Land: English king is vassal to French king
3. Economic: rebellion over wool in Flanders
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French advantages in 100 yrs war
Definition
3x England's population
wealthier
fighting on it's own soil
Term
England advantages in 100 yrs war
Definition
longbow
shrewdness of kings
internal unity
Term
Bay of Sluys
Definition
June 23, 1340
first great battle
Edward defeats French fleet
Term
Estates General
Definition
French representative council of townspeople, clergy, and nobles
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3 major stages of development of 100 yrs war
Definition
1. Conflict during reign of Edward III
2. French defeat & Treaty of Troyes
3. Joan of Arc & conclusion
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Peace of Bretigny-Calais
Definition
May 9, 1360
Forced upon French by English
stated:
1. Edward wasn't a vassal, territories are English
2. France pays ransom to get back captured king
3. Edward renounces claim to French throne
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