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End of Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
(1300-1500)
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• Bubonic Plague – called Black Death– disease spread by fleas on rats– came to Europe via traders
• Asia → Middle East → Europe– Italy → Spain & France → rest of Europe
– 1 in 3 die• over 25 million people 1347-1353• worse than any war in history
– no way to stop disease
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• Bubonic Plague – Black Death– social upheaval
• hysteria• Christians blamed Jews
– thousands of Jews slaughtered
– economic effects• inflation = rising prices
– >100 years for Western Europe to recover
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• The Hundred Years’ War– French king dies
without direct heir– Edward III (King of
England)• claims to be heir
and invades France
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• The Hundred Years’ War– Battle of
Agincourt 1415• Henry V
(successor of Edward III)
– crushes France with longbow
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• The Hundred Years’ War– Battle of Orleans
• Joan of Arc– 17 year old French
peasant – saves French army– Led the French to
victories against the English
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• The Hundred Years’ War– Gun Powder
• brought to Europe from China by Muslim traders
– Cannon• French used to drive
England out of France
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• The Hundred Years’ War– lasted for 116 years– damaged both England and France
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• Effects of Hundred Years’ War
– feudal society began changing– monarchs sought large armies
not feudal vassals– French kings expanded their power– England wanted new trading ventures
overseas