Latter Middle Ages By:G. Shepherd

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Latter Middle Ages

• G Shepherd

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Magna Carta causes changes in England
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Magna Carta

• Magna Carta is a document written by English
  nobles and signed by King John listing rights the
  king could not ignore.

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Who demanded this agreement

• English Nobles created the Magna Carta

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The Effects

• Some effects were that the council turned into
  the Parliament and that people couldnt be jailed
  without reason

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3 Demands

• 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 the future no official shall place a man on a
  trail upon his own unsupported statement, without
  producing a reason for why he should be arrested.
  
• These rules limited the kings power.

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Changes After Magna Carta
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Magna Carta Inspires Nobles

• Magna Carta inspires nobles to find new ways to
  limit kings power.

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Parliament

• 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.

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The king limits Magna Carta

• The king had the power to choose the judges for
  parliament.

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100 Year War
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The Course of the War

• The hundred year war was a long standing conflict
  between England and France during the 1300s and
  the 1400s
• This war lasted for a long time because both
  England and France wanted to win

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French King dies with no Hiers

• The French king dies with no one to rule so the
  English king and the French kings cousin fight
  over who should rule France.

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Two men Claim Throne

• The English king and the French kings cousin
  fight over who should be the ruler of France.

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English take the Lead

• The English won most of the battles at first

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Joan the Arc

• A teenage peasant girl rallied the French
  troops.
• The English eventually killed Joan.
• Joan became a motivation for the French and drove
  the English from their country in 1453

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Results of the War
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Changes in England

• England's government changed
• The parliaments power grew because the king
  needed Parliaments approval to raise money to pay
  for the costly was. As the parliament gained more
  influence the king lost power

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Changes in France

• The kings power grew in France
• The king became popular with his nobles
• They got a chance to bond during the war
• Since the French won the war democracy would have
  to wait in France

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Black Death
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Where it came from

• The plague originally came from central and
  eastern Asia

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How it Spread

• The plague spread by fleas that feasted on the
  blood of rats then that passed it on to the
  humans
• The disease could also spread through the air and
  kill people in less than a day

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What disease was it

• The disease was a bubonic plague

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Effect on Manor life and feudalism/How many died

• About a third of the population died or 25
  million people
• Many fled their manors completely moving into
  Europe's growing cities

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What happened to it

• The disease died down but is still harming few
  people today

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Christianity and Medieval society
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The church shapes politics and society

• Clergy- a church official who was very
  influential in medieval times
• Society- based on the churches- pilgrims visited
  churches
• Politics- church officials often became political
  advisors to local rulers

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Monks

• Monks of Cluny-established a new religious order
  because some thought church was too involved in
  politics
• Religious order- the monks dedicated their lives
  to religion with common rules, other new orders
  followed
• Living apart from society- most monks lived apart
  from society

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Friars

• Francis of Assisi- the founder of the Franciscan
  order
• Friars- members of the Franciscan order
• Living within society- the friars lived and
  worked among the general public

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Universities
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Universities are built

• Thomas Aquinas- philosopher who showed how
  religious faith and reason could co-exist he made
  natural law
• Created by religious leaders- Europe's first
  universities were built by the church
• Students took test then and now

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The church and the arts

• Religious architecture- the architecture was
  about religious expression to bring people closer
  to God