Chapter 2 Test: 9/18 Flashcards
Purpose of Hanseatic League
Control trade in North and Baltics
Consequences of Bubonic Plague
- Kills 2/3 of population
- Growth of urban centers as people move in
- Hanseatic League forms
Causes of 100 Yrs War
- King of England resents being a vassal to king of France
2. King of England claims French throne
English Advantage in 100 Yrs War
Create long bow which can penetrate armor
Battle of Agincourt
100 Yrs War
English victory
Siege of Orleans
French victory led by Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
Led French in Siege of Orleans
Captured by English and charged with witchcraft; executed
Outcome of 100 Yrs War
English lose war and land except Calais
Important Italian States
- Venice
- Milan
- Florence
Important German States
- Austria
- Brandenburg
- Bavaria
Albigensians
- History is struggle between good and evil
- Satan created Earth
- Jehovah is god of evil
Crushed by Pope’s crusades
Waldensians
Founded by Peter Waldo
Bible is sole rule of life
Wycliffes
Founded by John Wycliffe
First to translate Bible to English which launches Protestant Reformation in the UK
Lollards
- Clergy members are too worldly
2. Urged social reform
Hussites
Founded by John Huss (catholic priest)
Criticized wealth of church
Declared heretic; burnt at stake
Beginning of Great Schism
King Phillip IV of France decides to tax church land
Pope Bonaface VII is furious
Phillip arrests Bonaface, makes Clement V Pope
Clement moves to Arignon France
Unam Sanctum
Issued by Bonaface in response to Phillip
Says there is no salvation outside of church so all are required to submit to Pope’s authority
Nickname of Great Schism
Babylonian Captivity
Cause of Great Schism
Clement dies, replaced by Gregory, who dies in Rome
Italians make Urban VI pope, French Make Clement VI pope
Now 2 Popes exist
Council of Pisa
Created to elect real pope
John XXII is elected
French don’t accept this
Council of Constance
Finally real, sole pope is elected: Martin V
Conciliar Movement
- Establish sancro sancto: council > pope
2. Frequens: council must meet every 10 yrs
Result of Conciliar Movement
Church weakened
Humanism
The beauty and goodness of man and the world and the Classics are stressed