Later Middle Ages By D. Sparks

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Later Middle ages

• By D. Sparks

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The Church Shapes Politics and Society

• Clergy- Church officials who were very
  influential in medieval European culture and
  politics.
• Society- Everything took place at a church-
  Pilgrims visited religious places.
• Politics- Church officials often became political
  advisers to local rulers.

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Monks and Friars
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The Monks of Cluny

• Religious Order- They dedicated their lives to
  religion with common rules. The Monks made these
  orders.
• Living Apart from Society- Two new religions were
  created for monks who wanted to live and teach
  among people.

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Friars

• Francis of Assisi- Created the religious order
  known as the Franciscans.
• Friars- The members of the Dominicans and the
  Franciscans.
• Living Within Society- The Friars lived within
  the society.

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Universities are Built
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Universities

• Thomas Aquinos- Wrote a reasoned argument for the
  existence of God, called Natural Law.
• Created by Religious Leaders- Scholars wanted to
  establish a connection a connection between
  religious faith and intellectual reason.
• Students Took Tests Then and Now- Students took
  test to prove what they know.

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The Church and The Arts
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Religious Architecture

• Inspired by Religious- Everything inside the
  church, from the walls, to the clergys robes, to
  the books used,

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Magna Carta Causes Changes in England
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Magna Carta

• Who Demanded this Agreement- English Nobles
  created the Magna carta.

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Effects of the Magna Carta
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The Effects

• What Were the Effects-Some effects of the Magna
  Carta were that the council turned into the
  Parliament and that people couldnt be jailed
  without reason.
• No man shall be forced to perform more service
  for a knights fee or other free holding of land,
  than is due from it. This is important because
  people didnt unfairly have to do more work than
  is need too.
• Neither we or any royal office will take wood for
  our castle, or for any other purpose, without the
  consent of the owner. This is important because
  people couldnt get the wood they gathered taken
  away from them without their permission.
• In future no official shall place a man on trial
  upon his own unsupported statement, without
  producing a reason for why he should be
  arrested. This is important because a person was
  explained why he was being imprisoned.
• These are important because it limited the kings
  power.

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Changes After Magna Carta
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Changes after magna carta

• Magna Carta inspires nobles to find new ways to
  limit the kings power.
• In time, the council developed a parliament, the
  law making body that governs England today. By
  the late Middle Ages, kings could do little
  without Parliaments support.
• The king had the power to choose the judges for
  parliament

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The hundred years war
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the course of the war

• The French king dies with no one to rule so the
  English king and the French kings cousin fight
  over who should rule France
• The English king and the French kings cousin
  fight over who should be the ruler of France.
• England invaded France and won many key battles.
• A young teenage peasant girl, Joan of Arc,
  rallied the French troops victory.

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The results of the war
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The results of the war

• In England, the war helped increase the power of
  parliament because the king needed Parliaments
  approval to raise money to pat for war.
• In France, the kings Power grew due to the war.
• Due to the kings great power, democracy in
  France would have to wait.

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The black death
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Where it came form

• It spread from central and eastern Asia to Europe.

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How it spread

• Traders unknowingly brought rats, which had fleas
  on them, carrying the disease to Mediterranean
  ports. From there it quickly swept throughout
  much of Europe.

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What disease was it

• The disease was the bubonic plague.

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Effect on manor life and feudalism/how many died

• The old manor system collapsed. Nearly a third a
  third of Europes population died. Plague
  survivors found their skills in demand and
  charged more for their labor. Instead of working
  for the rich, peasants now had other job
  opportunities.

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What happened to it

• Those who were strong enough lived while those
  who were weak died. It doesnt affect many today.