Later Middle Ages (a.Turner)

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Christianity and Medieval society

• By Abby Turner

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The church shapes politics and society

• Clergy- Church officials
• Society- Life revolved around the local church
  Markets, festivals, and religious ceremonies took
  place there
• Politics-The church gained political power in the
  middle ages

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Monks and Friars
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The Monks of Cluny

• Religious Order- A group of people that dedicate
  their lives to religion and follow rules
• Living apart from society- Most monks and nuns
  lived apart

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New Orders
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Friars

• Francis of Assisi-Founder of Franciscans
• Friars- Lived among the public
• Living within society-All the Friars lived in
  their society

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Universities are built
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Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law

• Thomas Aquinas- Wrote a reasoned argument for the
  existence of God
• Natural Law- philosophical system

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The church and the arts
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Religious Architecture

• Inspired by religious expression- Spires, high
  ceilings, and colorful stained glass windows were
  designed to bring people closer to God

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Religious Art

• Colorful stained glass windows were designed to
  bring people closer to God

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Summary

• The church gained political power in the middle
  ages
• Most monks and nuns lived apart because they
  thought it was best
• All the Friars lived in their society

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Magna Carta causes changes in England
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Magna Carta

• In 1215 a group of English nobles decided to
  force the king to respect their rights

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Who demanded this agreement?

• The nobles demanded this agreement because they
  were fed up with the king

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Effects of Magna Carta
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What were the effects of Magna Carta?

• The nobles got the king to respect everyones
  rights
• Magna Carta required the king to honor certain
  rights

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Three demands and why they are important are

• People demanded that judges be free of royal
  control.
• They wanted to limit the kings power
• They wanted the king to treat everyone fairly

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Changes after Magna Carta

• Magna Carta inspired the English to find more
  ways to limit the kings power

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What did Magna Carta inspire the king to do?

• Inspired the English to limit the kings power

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Parliament

• Parliament was the law making body that governs
  England today

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The king limited Magna Carta by

• Over the years, membership in Parliament was
  opened to knights and town leaders. By the late
  middle ages, kings could do little without
  Parliaments support

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The hundred years war
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The course of the war

• One of the countries in which political change
  occurred was France

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French king dies with no heirs

• In 1328 the king of France died with no sons, and
  two men claimed his throne

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Two men claim throne

• One was French and the other was the king of
  England

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English take the lead

• The English king invaded France

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Joan of Arc

• Teenage peasant girl who rallied the French
  troops and turned the tide of the Hundred Years
  war

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Results of the War

• In England, the war helped increase the power of
  Parliament
• In France, the kings power grew after the war

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Changes in England

• In England, the war helped increase the power of
  Parliament because the king needed Parliaments
  approval to raise money to pay for the war

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Changes in France

• In France, the kings power grew after the war

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Democracy in France will have to wait

• The Democracy will have to wait because the king
  of France got more power after the war

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The Black Death
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Where it came from

• During the Hundred Years War an even greater
  crisis arose. This was the Black Death, a deadly
  plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and
  1351

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How it spread

• Traders unknowingly brought rats carrying the
  disease to Mediterranean ports. From there it
  quickly spread through Europe

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What disease was it

• It was the Black Death, a deadly plague

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Effects on manor life and feudalism

• It caused sweeping changes all over Europe
• It made them healthier
• They lived better
• Got them more food
• It made them happier
• And they got more money

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How many died

• Some historians think it killed two thirds of
  Europes population

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What happened to it?

• They cleaned everything up. And they still
  havent found a cure for it