The Later Middle AgesThe Later Middle Ages

By:Terran ChanRoss MottolaJoey LudwigGeorge Psaros

Group MembersGroup MembersTerran Chan – created presentation

Joey Ludwig – made questions 1-5

Ross Mottola – made questions 6-10

George Psaros – proof read/presenting

Question 1Question 1When did England pass into a

period known as the Later Middle Ages?

Answer 1Answer 1By the time of the Black Death.

Question 2Question 2When did the feudal system go

into decline?

Answer 2Answer 2During the Later Middle Ages

Question 3Question 3How long did the Later Middle

Ages last?

Answer 3Answer 3From the beginning of the 14th

century to the end of the 15th century.

Question 4Question 4What happened in 1381?

Answer 4Answer 4Peasants in Southern England

staged a revolt.

Question 5Question 5What happened to this revolt?

Answer 5Answer 5It was crushed but the peasants

were still discontent.

Question 6Question 6Who is John Wycliffe?

Answer 6Answer 6A scholar who believed that all

the Christian faith came from the Bible, not the Church.

Question 7Question 7What did Wycliffe contribute to

the Religion?

Question 7Question 7He directed the translation of the

Bible into English in the hope of making it more accessible to the people.

Question 8Question 8Why did the Archbishop of

Canterbury move against the Lollards?

Question 8Question 8He thought that the lollards were

heretics, people who attacked the church doctrine and undermined the church’s authority.

Question 9Question 9Why do they call it the “War of

the Roses”?

Question 9Question 9When Richard and King Henry

went to war for the throne it is called the War of the Roses because the symbol for the house of York was the white rose, and the house of Lancaster’s symbol was the red rose.

Question 10Question 10How did the Wars of the Roses

end?

Question 10Question 10Henry Tudor a cousin of the

Lancastrian Kings led an attack on King Richard and killed him. Later marrying Richard’s niece he united the houses of the York and the Lancaster house with peace.