| CHAPTER 11: The Later Middle Ages, 1300–1450 |
| I. Prelude to Disaster |
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A. Climate Change and
Famine |
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1.The Little Ice Age (1300–1450) |
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2.
Great Famine (1315–1322) |
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B. Social Consequences |
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1.
Abandonment of Villages and Declining Population |
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2.
Scapegoats |
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3.
Governmental Responses
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| II. The Black Death |
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A. Pathology |
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1. Yersinia Pestis |
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2.
Pneumonic Transmission |
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3.
Effects on the Body |
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B. Spread of the
Disease |
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1. From China to Europe |
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2.
Spread Within Cities |
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3. Mortality
Rates |
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C. Care of the Sick |
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1.
Remedies |
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2.
Care by the Clergy |
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3.
Escape |
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D. Economic, Religious,
and Cultural Effects |
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1.
Agriculture |
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2.
Inflation |
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3.
Religious Responses |
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4. New
Universities
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| III. The Hundred Years’ War |
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A. Causes |
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1.
Disagreements over Royal Land Rights |
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2.
Succession Dispute |
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3.
French Nobility Divided |
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4.
Propaganda |
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5. Economic
Reasons |
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B. English
Successes |
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1.
Initial English Successes |
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2.
Later English Successes |
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C. Joan of Arc and
France’s Victory |
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1.
Joan of Arc |
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2.
Capture and Trial |
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3.
Ultimate French Victory |
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D. Aftermath |
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1.
Havoc in England and France |
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2.
Technology and the Nation State |
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3.
Representative Assemblies |
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4.
Nationalism
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| IV. Challenges to the Church |
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A. The Babylonian
Captivity and Great Schism |
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1.
Babylonian Captivity (1309–1376) |
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2.
Atmosphere of Luxury |
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3.
The Great Schism (1378–1417) |
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B. Critiques, Divisions,
and Councils |
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1.
William of Occam (1289–1347) |
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2.
Marsiglio of Padua (ca. 1275–1342) |
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3.
Conciliarists |
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4. John Wyclif
(ca. 1330–1384) and the Lollards |
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5.
Jan Hus (ca. 1372–1415) |
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6. Resolution
of the Schism |
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C. Lay Piety and
Mysticism |
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1.
Lay Piety |
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2.
Confraternities |
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3.
Brethren and Sisters of the Common Life |
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4. Mystical
Experiences
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| V. Social Unrest in a Changing Society |
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A. Peasant Revolts |
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1.
Flanders (1320s) |
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2.
Jacquerie (1358) |
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3.
English Peasants’ Revolt (1381) |
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B. Urban Conflicts |
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1.
Roots of Revolt |
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2.
“Honor” Uprisings |
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3.
Decline of Women’s Workforce |
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C. Sex in the City |
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1.
Late Age of First Marriage |
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2.
Prostitution |
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3.
Rape |
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4.
Homosexuality |
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D. Fur-Collar Crime |
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1.
Noble Bandits |
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2.
Robin Hood |
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E. Ethnic Tensions and
Restrictions |
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1.
Ethnic Diversity and Colonization |
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2.
Legal Dualism |
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3.
Blood Descent |
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F. Literacy and
Vernacular Literature |
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1.
Dante’s Divine Comedy |
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2.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales |
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3.
Spread of Lay Literacy |