Famine, plague and war Flashcards
1
Q
communes
A
free town
- a legal document from the lord who owns the land states that the town is free to run its own affairs as long as they pay the yearly fee to the lord
2
Q
guilds
A
money
3
Q
trivium
A
Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic
4
Q
quadrivium
A
arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music
5
Q
flagellants
A
- people who’d whip themsleves as religous atonement for their sins
- popular during black death
6
Q
hundred year’s war
A
- b/w england and france
- King of France dies and has no sons
- King Edward of England is the son of the late kings siter and says he should inherit the French throne
- but Philip who has a similar lineage becomes King
- Phil wants English influences out of France so he attacks them.
- Joan joins the fight and France starts winning
7
Q
Edward III
A
King of England son of late king’s sister
8
Q
Philip VI of Calois
A
King of France son of late french king
9
Q
Battle of Crecy
A
- 1346
- english long bow men annihilate french forces
10
Q
Joan of Arc
A
- angel appeared to her and said you need to get the English out of France
- captured in 1430 by french rebels and handed over to english
- burned at the stake
11
Q
Avignon papacy
A
- conflict b/w pope and french crown
- does the Pope have the power? The Roman Pope
_ western vs eastern Popes
12
Q
Great Schism
A
- divided Christianity to creating Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
- the two sides couldn’t decide if the Pop was in charge or not
