CH. 11 Flashcards
Great Famine
A terrible famine in 1315-1322 that hit much of Europe after a period of climate change.
Black Death
Plague that first struck Europe in 1347 and killed perhaps one-third of the population.
Flagellants
People who believed that the plague was God’s punishment for sin and sought to do penance by flagellating (whipping) themselves.
Hundred Years’ War
A war between England and from 1337-1453, with political and economic causes and consequences.
Representative Assemblies
Deliberate meetings of lords and wealthy urban residents that flourished in many European countries between 1250 and 1450.
Babylonian Captivity
The period from 1309-1376 when the popes resided in Avignon rather than in Rome. It refers to the 70 years when the Hebrews were held captive in Babylon.
Great Schism
The division, or split, in church leadership from 1378-1417 when there were two, then three, popes.
Conciliarists
People wo believed that the authority in the Roman Church should rest in a general council composed of clergy, theologians, and laypeople, rather than in the pope alone.
Confraternities
Voluntary lay groups organized by occupation, devotional, preference, neighborhood, or charitable activity.
Jacquerie
A massive uprising by French peasants in 1358 protesting heavy taxation.
English Peasants’ Revolt
Revolt by English peasants in 1381in response to changing economic conditions.
Statue of Kilkenny
Law issues in 1366 that discriminated against the Irish, forbidding marriage between English and the Irish, requiring the use of the English language, and denying the Irish access to ecclesiastical offices.
