The Later Middle Ages

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Christianity and Medieval society
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The church shapes politics society

• Clergy The clergy were very influential in
  medieval European culture politics.
• Society The church owned a lot of land in Europe
  because many people left their property to the
  church when they died.
• Politics Religious ceremonies like baptisms
  weddings were key events in peoples lives.

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Monks Friars
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The Monks of Cluny

• Religious order The group of people who
  dedicate their lives to religion and follow.
• Living apart from society Working and doing for
  the king and the pope and your town.

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Friars

• Francis of Assisi Founder of the franciscan
  order.
• Friars Members of religious orders who lived and
  worked among the general public.
• Living within society Most monks lived apart
  from society, but two new religious orders.

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Universities are built
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• Thomas Aquinas Natural law Philosopher who
  showed how religious faith and reason could
  co-exist. Thomas Aquinas concept that god created
  a law that governed how the world operated.
• Created by religious leaders He also developed
  a philosophical system called natural law.

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Magna Carta cause changes in England
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• Magna Carta Document Written by English nobles
  and signed by King john listing rights the king
  could not ignore.
• Who demand this agreement The English nobles
  signed by King john.

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Effects of magna carta
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• Magna Carta Document Written by English nobles
  and signed by King john listing rights the king
  could not ignore.
• Who demand this agreement The English nobles
  signed by King john.

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• What were the effects of M/CThe later versions
  excluded the most direct challenges to the
  monarch's authority that had been present in the
  1215 charter.
• List three of the demands and why they are
  important On June 15, 1215, in a field at
  Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna
  Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he
  consented to their demands in order to avert
  civil war.

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Changes after Magna carta
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• What did M/C inspire the noble to do The King
  had his power limited, and it granted more power
  to the people (which includes the nobles).
• Parliament A parliament is a legislature whose
  power and function are similar to those dictated
  by the Westminster system of the United Kingdom.
• How did the king limit M/C Clauses 12 and 14 of
  the 1215 charter state that the king will accept
  the "common counsel of our realm" when levying
  and assessing an aid or a scutage.

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The hundred years of war
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The Course of the war

• French king dies with no heirs There was no
  mechanism for automatic succession unless an heir
  was crowned as associate king.
• Two men claim throne The English king tried to
  take control of France's throne.
• English take the lead In Europe, kings were not
  given up their power easily, but other events
  forced political change.
• Joan of Arc Teenage peasants girl who rallied
  the rallied the French troops and turned the tide
  of the hundred years of war.

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Results of war

• Changes in England In England, the war helped
  increase the power of parliament because the king
  needed parliament approval to raise money to pay
  for the war.
• Changes in France In France, the kings power
  grew after the war.
• Democracy in France will have to wait The
  English king tried to take control of france.

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Black Death
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Where it came from

• The plague originally came from central and
  eastern Asia. Traders unknowingly brought rats
  carrying the disease to Mediterranean ports. From
  there it quickly swept throughout much of Europe.
  Fleas that fed on infected rats passed on the
  plague to people.

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How it spread

• Traders unknowingly brought rats carrying the
  disease to Mediterranean ports. From there it
  quickly swept throughout much of Europe. Fleas
  that fed on infected rats passed on the plague to
  people

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What disease was it

• This crisis was the Black Death, a deadly plague
  that swept through Europe between 1347 1351.

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Effect on manor life and feudalism/ how many died?

• Some historians think the black death killed a
  third of Europe's population perhaps 25 million
  people. This caused sweeping changes all over
  Europe. The old manor system, already weakened by
  the growth of cities, collapsed.

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What happened to it

• This caused sweeping changes all over Europe.
  The old manor system, already weakened by the
  growth of cities, collapsed.