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The Black Death
The Impact of the Plague
Early English Successes
(Hundred Years War)
The French Fight Back
The Impact of the Hundred Years War
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A fever, vomiting, fierce coughing and sneezing fits, and egg-sized swellings or bumps.
What were the symptoms or signs that signified the plague?
100
24 million Europeans, about a third of the population.
How many people died as a result of the plague?
100
The war began when the king of France challenged the English claim to French fiefs.
How did the Hundred Years War start?
100
They slowly chipped away at the won territory and planned full-fledged attacks against the English.
What did the French do after the English had won the early battles?
100
The war shifted power from lord toe monarchs and common people.
How did the war contribute tot he decline of feudalism?
200
Black and blue blotches that appeared on the skin of many victims.
Where did the name name "Black Death come from?
200
It slowed almost to a halt but as Europe began to recover, it needed to be rebuilt.
How were trade and commerce affected during the plague years?
200
Horse-mounted nobles, or knights, heavy armor, and swords and lances.
What did the feudal army rely on?
200
One reason was that the French were using more modern tactics and the king was recruiting his army from commoners, which added many people to the army.
why did the English meet with stronger resistance after their initial successes against the French?
200
They collected taxes and raise large professional armies, causing the king to not rely on nobles any more.
During the War, what did the monarchs do?
300
Rats covered with fleas often roamed the floors of homes looking for food, city streets were filled with human waste, dead animals, and trash.
What were the dirty conditions in which the people lived in?
300
The need for the workers were high but there were very few left so the workers that were left demanded more money and more rights. In addition, many serfs abandoned feudal manors and moved to towns, causing a weakening in the manor system.
After the plague, what was the shift in power from nobles to the common people?
300
Crossbows were a medieval weapon made of a bow that was fixed across a wooden stick and operated by a trigger to kill men/people ; a longbow was used for firing feathered arrows at animals
What were differences between crossbows and longbow?
300
17-year-old peasant girl, claimed to hear the voice of saint urging her to save her country, she led French army to victory
Who was Joan of Arc?
300
It caused nobles, knights and castles to be less useful.
What did military technology cause?
400
The bacteria that caused the disease were carried by fleas that fed on the blood of infected rodents.
How the plague start?
400
A number of peasant rebellions broke out and when nobles tried to return to the way things had been, resentment exploded across Europe.
What happened after the plague?
400
Tje arrows flew farther faster, and with great accuracy and the large arrow could be notched more quickly.
What were the advantages of the English longbow?
400
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It shifted power away from the lords and created a new sense of national unity and patriotism on both sides.
What did the new feeling of nationalism do to the lords and people?
500
The Jews, Lepers, and position of the planets.
The plague was blamed on whom(s) and what(s)?
500
Power shifted from nobles to common people and English rebel succeeded in entering London and presenting their demands to the king and the peasants revolt lost momentum.
How did the outbreak of the plague in the 14th century contribute to the decline of feudalism in Europe?
500
The English army relied on archers armed with longbows, whereas the French relied on Knight with swords and infantry with crossbows.
Why were the English able to win the early battle, such as the one at Crecy?
500
They drove the English out of French and claimed Joan to be a saint.
What did the French finally do after Joan's Death?
500
Peasants
who were forced to fight in the army?