1. The Decline of Feudalism

2. The Black Death 1347 - 1351 Spread from Asia by rats and fleas
38 Million Killed
Destroyed many Feudal farms -> Hired help
Believed to be caused by God for sins committed by people
Jews believed to cause plague

5. Attack on Church Monarchs challenged authority of church
Babylonian Captivity
The Great Schism
Demand for Bible to be translated into English
Church Corrupt

6. Outbreak of the Hundred Years’ War
1337 English controlled much of the land in Northern France
Build up of French Nationalism
English win many early battles due to military advances
English plundered countryside

7. Joan of Arc 1412 - 1431 French Maiden will save France
Joan of Arc leads French Army as ordered by Dauphin Charles VII
Victory at Orléans
Charles VII crowned King

8. "King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France...settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France.“

10. Capture and Death of Joan of Arc
Captured at Compiègne by the English
Charles does nothing to help free Joan
Tried and found guilty of Heresy
Burned at the stake

12. Effects of the War France gets all lands except Burgundy and Brittany
French Nationalism
Absolute power of king
Limited power of Feudal lords

13. Decline of Feudalism
Black Death killed off many of the feudal workers-> Hired help
Nationalism
Build up of Monarchy
Increase Trade->Coined Money->Higher Taxes
Increased National Army
Decreased influence of the Church