1. FRANCE WANTED ___________ OUT!!!!! William the Conqueror Henry II (Eleanor of Aquitaine) French kings wanted to increase power and give France a national identity

1328 – _____________(France) died With out an heir French chose Philip of Valois cousin of the last king (Philip IV) through the male line (Salic Law) = Philip VI 1337__________ [England] claimed throne through his mother who was daughter of the Philip IV [Grandson] 2. Controversy Over Succession

3. RIVALRY FOR FLANDERS & ENGLISH CHANNEL (TRADE) Flanders was wealthy manufacturing center needs English wool

4. FRANCE HELPING SCOTLAND GET INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND

ADVANTAGES FRANCE ENGLAND Population = 16,000,000 Wealthier Weapon = Cannon army = + 50,000 [England = 32,000] Weapon = Longbow Strategies: > avoid pitched battles >quick raids

Treaty of Troyes (1420) Henry V (England) married Catherine, daughter of Charles VI (France)] Had a son - _____________________ Henry was declared the legitimate heir to the French/English throne – England controlled N. France and Paris at the time BUT, Henry V and Charles VI died in 1422 Henry VI – only 9 months old inherited BOTH thrones ________________(France) 5 th son of Charles VI claimed French throne, but did not try to kick English out of France

Joan of Arc (1429) __________ girl Led by ______ –“voices” help Charles VII drive out the English dressed like a man Led French to victory at BATTLE OF _____________ “MAIDEN OF ORLEANS”

LAND POSSESSIONS AFTER 100 YEARS WAR __________ English possession in France after 100 Years War

RESULTS OF 100 YEARS WAR 1.England lost all territory except _______ 2.Increase in French Nationalism 3.Increase in power of French monarchs 4.English ___________________ control of “Power of the Purse” 5.Castles / Knights becoming obsolete 6.Rise of ______________ 7.Further decline of Feudalism

Black Plague Reaches Constantinople!

CAUSES FOR PLAGUE  no understanding of germs, felt bodies were poisoned  _______________ punishing people for sins =“flagellants” (penance)  _____________ poisoned wells, contaminating drinking water =1349 – Strasbourg, Germany 2000 Jews cremated REAL REASON Rats/Insects followed trade routes from ______________

Reactions to Fear the sick were avoided LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES –people looked for care from any who would help regardless of social rank –men even took care of women FAMILIES DESERTED THEIR SICK RELATIVES –mothers even refused to care for their own children CLERGY REFUSED TO GIVE LAST RIGHTS / CONDUCT BURIAL SERVICES MAGIC / WITCHCRAFT FLAGELLANTS LEPERS PERSECUTED / KILLED OFF – Leprosy was viewed as defect of the soul and thought to be of the devil –Even people with severe acne/psoriasis were killed

BLACK DEATH DOORS MARKED WITH A ___________________ TO WARN PEOPLE OF THOSE HOMES THAT CONTAINED A PLAGUE VICTIM

Lancing a Buboe

Economic costs entire villages died out farms were abandoned whole families gone shortage of labor inflation landlords stopped freeing their serfs  led to peasant revolts

Human Cost _________ of Europe’s population died between Bodies were disposed into mass graves or rivers –So many people died that the bodies had to be treated like waste and poured into trenches