change & crisis
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Change & Crisis. Cusp of the Renaissance 1000s-1400s. Main Points. Feudalism declines Democratic tradition evolves in England and France Europe is torn apart by plague, war, and religious strife. Feudalism Declines. Growing Food Supply Guilds Commercial Revolution Urban Life - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Change & CrisisCusp of the
Renaissance1000s-1400s
Main Points• Feudalism declines• Democratic tradition evolves in
England and France• Europe is torn apart by plague,
war, and religious strife
Feudalism Declines• Growing Food Supply• Guilds• Commercial Revolution• Urban Life• Revival of Learning
Feudalism Declines: Growing Food Supply
• Horsepower
• Three-Field System
Feudalism Declines: Guilds• Merchant guilds
– Control # of goods being traded
– Set prices
• Craft guilds– Apprentice,
Journeyman, Master
– Set standards for quality of work, wages, working conditions
• Economically/socially/politically influential
Feudalism Declines: Commercial Revolution
• Expansion of trade and business
• Fair Days
• Banking
Feudalism Declines: Urban Life
• 1000-1150 – population increases from 30,000,000 to 42,000,000
• Merchant Class/Burghers
Feudalism Declines: Revival of Learning
• Muslim connection
• Universities
• Thomas Aquinas & the Scholastics
England: Back Story
• Many Anglo-Saxon kingdoms/feudal states until 800s
• Growth of towns & villages leads to more centralized government
England: Early Invasions
• 800s: Danish Vikings• 870s: Alfred the Great
establishes England• 1016: Danish Vikings
return• 1042: Edward takes the
throne, but dies without heir
1066 – Norman Conquest (William the Conqueror)
England: Government• Goals
– hold & acquire
French land
– Strengthen power over nobles and the Church
• Henry II (r. 1154-1189) & Eleanor of Aquitaine
Henry II depicted in Cassell's
History of England (1902)
England: Government• Juries – King Henry II
• Common Law – King Henry II
• Magna Carta (1215) – King John
– No taxation without representation
– Trial by a jury of peers
– Protection of the law
• Parliament (1295) – King Edward I
France: Back Story
• Post-Charlemagne: French counts and dukes rule lands as feudal lords
• 987: last Carolingian,
Louis the Sluggard, died
• Hugh Capet established Capetian Dynasty
• 987-1328
France: Philip II (r. 1180-1223)
• Goal: weaken power of English kings
• Seized Normandy from King John in 1204 – went on to triple land in his control
• Central Government– Royal Bailiffs
France: Louis IX & Philip IV
• Centralization
• Estates General
BUT LET’S NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES…
Disasters: Church Divided (1300s)
• Philip IV vs. Pope Boniface VIII
• Avignon popes weaken the Church
• “A Roman, a Roman, we want a Roman.”
• Urban VI vs. Clement VII – The Great Schism
• 1414: Great Schism ends with election of Martin V
• Church permanently weakened
Disasters: Hundred Years’ War• Last Capetian king
dies without an heir• Edward III (king of
England) claims French throne as grandson of Philip IV
• French put forth Philip VI as King
• War 1337-1453• Real Cause: Chivalry
Disasters: Hundred Years’ War
• Early English victories – better organized, better army, industrialized
• French make a comeback and win
• Joan of Arc
Disasters: Hundred Years’ War
• Impact:–Nationalism–Monarch’s power increases– Internal turmoil for England–End of the Middle Ages ???
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RENAISSANCE