Later Middle Ages

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Later middle ages

• P. Crump

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Christianity and Medieval Society
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The Church Shapes Politics and Society

• Clergy Very influential in Medieval European
  culture. For many people life revolved around the
  local church.
• Society Ceremonies such as baptism and weddings
  were key events in peoples lives.
• Politics The church owned a lot of land. Many
  people left land to the church when they died.
  Church became a major feudal lord.

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Monks and Friars
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The Monks of Cluny

• Religious Order Dedicated their lives to
  religion with common rules.
• Living Apart From Society Two new religious
  orders developed. Dominicans and the Franciscans.
  The members of these orders were called friars.

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Friars

• Francis of Assisi He started the Franciscans.
• Friars The members of the two orders were called
  friars.
• Living within Society Women created their own
  religious communities in convents. Lived along
  side other towns and communities.

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Universities are Built
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• Thomas Aquinas A Dominican friar who wrote an
  argument for the existence of god
• Created by Religious Leaders First universities
  were built by the church. Religion, law,
  medicine, and philosophy were taught.
• Students took tests then and now Scholars wanted
  to establish a connection between religious faith
  and intellectual reason. Students had to take
  test to show what they knew.

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The Church and The Arts
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Religious Architecture

• The Gothic Cathedrals are among the most
  beautiful of all architectural achievements.
• The spires and high ceilings and colorful stained
  glass windows are all designed to bring people
  closer to god.
• Everything designed in the church were all works
  of art.

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Summary

• Elements of Culture such as Christianity helped
  shape society. Their architecture was based
  around god and being closer to him.

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Magna Carta causes changes in England
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Magna carta

• Who demanded this agreement A group of English
  nobles.
• They made the king approve the Magna Carta which
  was a list of rights the king could not ignore.

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Effects of magna carta

• What were the effects The Magna Carta was an
  important step in establishing democratic
  principles in Europe. The king would have to obey
  the laws as well.
• Three Demands No one would be kept in jail
  without reason, nobles could no longer take wood
  or other resources off others land, and no man
  shall be forced to do services for knights.

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Changes after the magna carta

• What Did the Magna Carta inspire Nobles to do It
  inspired the nobles to slowly change into
  parliament.
• Parliament A lawmaking body that still governs
  England today.
• How did the King limit the Magna Carta Even the
  king had to obey the rules of the Magna Carta.

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Summary

• If I were to write a Magna Carta for our class I
  would have three rules. First rule would be that
  any student with an A average would be exempt
  from any homework. Second rule would be that
  teachers would not have all the power, students
  would be aloud to pick the lesson on days that
  permitted. The last rule would be that students
  must complete a PowerPoint on every unit that
  they complete.

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The hundred year war
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The course of the war

• French Kings Die When the king died he did not
  have a son to claim the throne.
• One man that wanted the throne was the king of
  England and the other was Phillip of France.
• England had won many major battles throughout the
  war.
• Joan of Arc was a teenage girl that rallied all
  the soldiers and encouraged them to fight.

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Results of war

• In England the war helped strengthen the power of
  the parliament.
• In France the kings power grew.
• Since the kings power grew the idea of democracy
  went disappeared for about 500 years.
  

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Black death
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Where it came from

• The black plague originally came from central and
  eastern Asia

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How it spread

• Traders unknowingly brought rats carrying the
  disease to Mediterranean ports.
• From there it quickly swept throughout much of
  Europe.
• Fleas that fed on infected rats passed on the
  plague to people.

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What disease was it

• The disease carried by the fleas was called the
  Bubonic Plague.
• The black death claimed over 200 million lives.

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Effect on manor life

• The old manor system already weakened from the
  growing empires collapsed.
• 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 the plague

• Through out the years the plague slowly started
  to disappear
• Everyone who had caught the disease had died
• Nobody else had contracted the disease so it
  died off
• There are still cases of the bubonic plague
  today.