Deck 1 Flashcards
Western Civ 10. Test 1 (8/28/13).
“Little Ice Age”
A period of cooler temperatures that shortened the growing season of agriculture.
Black Death
The spread of several types of the plague (bubonic, septicemic, pneumonic) that killed off an estimate up to 60% of Europe’s population. It started in Asia, and spread to Europe through trade routes.
Bubonic plague
A disease spread by flies that kills the infected person within 4 days, about 67% of the time.
Yersinia pestis
The bacterium carried in flies that is believed to have been responsible for the plagues of the Black Death.
Pneumonic plague
A type of the plague that infects the lungs. It is more violent and rare than the bubonic plague.
The Dacameron
A book by Giovanni Baccacio about seven young women, and three young men, who flee from Florence to an abandoned villa in the countryside, to escape the plague. They pass the time by telling stories.
Flagellants
A group of radical Christians who went from city to city flogging themselves in the name of pilgrimage. They were eventually deemed heretics by the Catholic church.
Pograms
A massacre of a specific ethnic or religious group, especially one against jews.
Statute of Laborers
A law created by English parliament, under King Edward III, banishing increases in wages and movement of workers from their old houses to newer, improved houses. (It tried to eliminate upward social mobility).
The Jacquerie
A peasant revolt that occurred during the Hundred Years War in northern France. It gave rise to more peasant revolts in other areas.
Wat Tyler and John Ball
Wat Tyler led the Peasants’ Revolt in England in 1381. John Ball was a cleric whose sermons served as influence for the uprising. The peasants wanted a reduction in taxes and the prohibition of serfdom.
Ciopmi
The Ciompi were a group of lower class workers in the textile industry of Florence. They led a revolt in 1378.
The longbow
A very tall bow, averaging about 6’ long. They were used in the Hundred Years War. Though not as powerful as the crossbow, they provided much more accuracy.
The Battle of Crécy
The first of the three battles of the Hundred Years War, in 1346. It was a big victory for the outnumbered English army. They employed new weapons, such as the longbow.
Henry V
He was King of England from 1413-1422. He ruled during part of the Hundred Years War. The Battle of Agincourt was won under his rule.
The Battle of Agincourt
The last of the three big battle of the Hundred Years War, occurring in 1415. This resulted in another big English victory against the statistically superior French army. The longbow, again, played a big part in England’s tactics.
Joan of Arc
She was a peasant girl from France who helped rally together the French army to win several victories in the Hundred Years War.
Orléans
It is a city in north central France.
Charles the Dauphin (VII)
He was king of france fro 1422 to 1461. He was eventually able to push the English out of France and regain the French territory, thus ending the Hundred Years War.
