Later Middle Ages L. Robertson

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Christian and Medieval Society

• By Laken Robertson

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The Church Shapes Politics and Society

• Clergy- Church officials Also they were very
  influential in medieval European culture and
  politics.
• Society- Everyone revolved around the churches
  Pilgrims visited many religious places.
• Politics- Church officials often became political
  advisers to local leaders.

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Monks and Friars
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The Monks of Cluny

• Religious Orders-. They dedicated their lives to
  religion with common rules. They Monks made these
  orders.
• Living Apart from Society- Two new religious
  orders were developed for those who wanted to
  live and teach among others.

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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- The Friars lived within
  the society.

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Universities are Built

• Thomas Aquinas- Wrote a reasoned argument for the
  existence of God.
• Created by religious Leaders- Scholars wanted to
  establish a connection between religious faith
  and intellectual reason.
• Students Take Test Then and Now- Religion, law,
  medicine, and philosophy were taught.

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The Church and the Arts
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Religious Architecture

• Inspired by religious expression- The great
  Gothic cathedrals of the late medieval Europe are
  among the most beautiful of all architecture
  achievements.
• All their designs such as high ceilings and
  glass windows were made for people to become
  closer to God.

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Summary

• As you can see the elements of culture had
  a lot of impact on the Medieval society. The
  element that impacted their society the most was
  religion. Everything in the society was built
  around God and the churches. An example of this
  they developed natural law to show how God
  ordered the world. So, this is how religion and
  other elements of culture impacted the Medieval
  society.

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Manga carta causes changes in England
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Magna carta

• Magna Carta is a document written by English
  nobles and signed by King John listing rights the
  king could not ignore.
• The document was also called Great Character.

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Effects of magna carta

• One effect of Magna Carta was the council
  developed into Parliament.
• Due to these demands there were many financial
  troubles.
• Also, everyone, including the king had to obey
  the law.

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3 demands of magna carta

• 1. No man shall be forced to perform more service
  for a knights fee, or other free holding land,
  than is due from it.
• 2. Neither we nor any royal official will take
  wood for our castle, or for any other purpose,
  with out the consent of the owner.
• 3. In future no official shall place a man on
  trial upon his own unsupported statement, without
  producing credible witnesses to the truth of it.
  
• These demands took away unfair punishments and
  power away from the king.

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Changes after magna carta
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Magna carta noble

• Magna Carta faced war and many troubles, so the
  kings turned to a council of nobles for advice
  and money.
• This is what Magna Carta inspired the noble to
  do.

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Parliament

• The council was eventually developed into a
  parliament.
• A parliament is a lawmaking body that governs
  England.

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How did the king limit magna carta?

• The king limited the Magna Carta by choosing the
  judges.
• Also, the kings couldn't ignore the Magna Carta.

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The hundreds year war.
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The course of the war

• The Hundreds Years War was a long standing
  conflict between England and France during the
  1300s and 1400s.
• This war lasted for a long time because both
  England and France wanted to take over.
• During the English finally took over.

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Two men claim throne

• Both kings of France and England tried to claim
  the throne and takeover both countries.
• This is how the war started between the two
  countries.

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English takes the lead

• The English finally got the chance to take the
  lead in the war.
• The English invaded France and won many key
  battles.

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Joan of arc

• Joan of Arc is a teenage peasant who rallied the
  French troops and turned the tide of the Hundreds
  Years war.
• The English finally caught her then later killed
  her.

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Results in war
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Changes in England and France

• In England, the war helped increase the power of
  the Parliament because the king needed
  Parliaments approval to raise money for the war.
  
• This was a change in England.
• The biggest change in France was they won the
  war. Also, after they won the war kings power
  grew a lot.
• The last thing is that democracy in France had to
  wait.

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Black death
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Where it came from

• The Black Death originally came from central and
  eastern Asia.
• It swept through Europe for 4 years. (1347-1351)

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How it spread

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

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Effect on manor life

• Historians think the Black Death killed a third
  of Europe's population (25 million people). This
  caused many changes throughout Europe.
• The manor system weakened the growth of cities.
• Plague survivors found their skills in demand.
  Instead of working for the rich, peasants now had
  other job opportunities.

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What happened to it?

• The Black Death finally wasnt has bad of a
  sickness for Europeans.
• So, after the 4 years of the black death
  everything was back to normal and the survivors
  had good jobs.

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Overall summary

• In the beginning, there were a lot of advances
  that dealt with churches. Then, the English
  nobles wrote a document called the Magna Carta.
  After this there was a war that lasted for ever
  between France and England. The both wanted to
  take over. In the end the black death cam along
  and the survivors were able to get job
  opportunities. So this is what went on in the
  Later Middle Ages.