EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES, PLAGUE AND HUNDRED YEARS WAR
WARM UP – October 10 Grab the handouts and answer the following questions on a post it using your notes from Friday – Who fought in the Crusades? What were they fighting over? What were the results of the first and second crusades? What agreement was made in the third crusade? What were the lasting effects of the Crusade in Europe?
EFFECTS OF CRUSADES Commercial Revolution Trade Fairs – expansion of trade and business Business and Banking Revival of Learning – Universities are created Urban Life Flourishes – people return To cities
BUBONIC PLAGUE 1300s - DEADLY DISEASE AFFECTED PARTS OF ASIA, NORTH AFRICA, AND EUROPE DESTROYED SOCIETIES KILLED ⅓ OF THE POPULATION OF EUROPE
EFFECTS OF THE PLAGUE *ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE PLAGUE *TOWN POPULATIONS FELL *TRADE DECLINES *BELIEF IN THE CHURCH DECLINES *NOBLES AND PEASANTS FIGHT OVER WAGES *JEWS WERE BLAMED FOR THE PLAGUE
EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES *FEUDALISM *LITTLE TRADE *NO UNIFICATION IN GOVERNMENT *POPULATION IS SPREAD OUT AND RURAL
EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES *END OF FEUDALISM *LOTS OF TRADING *STRONG CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENTS *POPULATION RETURNS TO CITIES
ENGLAND AND FRANCE *DEMOCRACY DEVELOPS IN BOTH FRANCE AND ENGLAND *CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT *GOVERN LANDS BOTH NEAR AND FAR AWAY *COMMON LAW *COURT SYSTEMS *INCLUDING COMMONERS IN DECISION MAKING PROCESS *KINGS FIGHTING AGAINST CHURCH FOR POWER
ENGLAND *GOVERNMENT *KINGS WANTED TO INCREASE POWER OVER NOBLES AND CHURCH *NOBLES WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HELD ONTO CERTAIN POLITICAL RIGHTS *NOBLES CREATED A DOCUMENT CALLED THE MAGNA CARTA
MAGNA CARTA *GUARANTEED CERTAIN BASIC POLITICAL RIGHTS *NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION *RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL *PROTECTION OF THE LAW
MAGNA CARTA NOBLES WANTED TO GUARANTEE FOR THEMSELVES CERTAIN RIGHTS, LIMIT KING’S POWERS RIGHTS WERE EVENTUALLY APPLIED TO REGULAR CITIZENS
HUNDRED YEARS WAR - ORIGINS *FRENCH KING DIED WITHOUT A HEIR *ENGLISH LEADER EDWARD III – A RELATIVE OF FRENCH KINGS CLAIMED OWNERSHIP OF FRENCH THRONE *EDWARD III LAUNCES ATTACK AGAINST FRANCE – FIGHTING GOES ON AND OFF FROM 1337-1453
HUNDRED YEARS WAR - FIGHTING *ENGLISH USE OF THE LONGBOW *ABLE TO KILL MANY SOLDIERS FROM A LONG RANGE *ENGLISH AND FRENCH AGREED TO LET ENGLISH LEADER HENRY V WOULD INHERIT THE CROWN ONCE THE CURRENT FRENCH KING DIED *JOAN OF ARC, FRENCH PEASANT GIRL, LED A CHARGE BY THE FRENCH ARMY TO FINALLY DEFEAT THE ENGLISH
IMPACT OF HUNDRED YEARS WAR *STRONG SENSE OF NATIONALISM IN BOTH ENGLAND AND FRANCE *POWER AND PRESTIGE OF FRENCH MONARCHY INCREASED *ENGLISH LEADERSHIP FOUGHT AMONGST EACH OTHER OVER WHO SHOULD LEAD