latter middle ages

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The later middle ages
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Christianity and medieval society
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The church shapes politics and society

• The clergy were highly influential in medieval
• European culter and politics
• For many people life evolved around the local
  church

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Monks and friars
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Monks of Cluny

• They dedicated their lives to religion with
  common rules. Most monks lived apart from society
  

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New orders and friars

• Started by Francis of Assisi
• Friars wanted to live with in society and teach
• In order to spread the word of god

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Universities are built

• Universities were created church leaders so
  people could get a Christian education

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Thomas Aquinas

• Thomas Aquinas was a philosopher who showed that
  religion and reason could co exist
• Laws god created to govern the world are natural
  law

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The church and the arts
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Religious arts

• Churches were filled with artifacts to show
  respect for god
• Paintings and tapestries covered the walls and
  priests wore highly decorated robes during
  services

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Religious architecture

• Many of Europe's churches were works of art the
  most beautiful were cathedrals

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Magna carta changes England
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Magna carta

• A document listing rights the kings could not
  ignore was called magna carta
• In 1215 a group of nobles demanded the to respect
  their rights and give them liberties

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Effects of magna carta
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Rights of magna carta

• Required kings to honor certain rights
• Three of these rights were habeas corpus
  ,parliament, indepent judicial system .

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Changes of magna carta
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• Magna carta inspired the nobles to limit the king
  even more
• It forced the king to obey laws himself

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100 years war
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Reasons for the war

• In 1328 the king of France died with no sons
• He had two cousins which fought for the throne
  for one hundred years
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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English take the lead
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Joan of arch

• A peasant girl named Joan rallied the French and
  was eventually captured and killed which
  inspired the French to win the war

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Results of the war
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How the war changed Europe

• The war changed the government in England and
  France. England's parliament grew stronger. in
  France the kings power grew
• Since England did not win the war democracy did
  not spread to France.

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The Black Death
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Where it came from

• The black death came from central and eastern
  Asia
• Trade ships packed with rats came into
  Mediterranean
• Ports and the rats went into Europe spreading the
  black death .

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How it spread

• The plague spread through Europe on rats that
  came in through ports fleas from the rats were
  carriers there were millions of rats in each city
  which caused many of the weak to die

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How the plague effected manor life

• Europe lost two thirds of its population due to
  the black death.
• This drop in population caused the manor system
  to fall apart
• Killing most serfs and peasants made their
  services highly valuable

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What happened to the plague

• People in Europe found that the plague was coming
  from the fleas on the rats they started to clean
  the streets towns and cites getting rid of the
  garbage which decreased the rats

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The end