End of Middle Ages

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End of Middle Ages

• Late Middle Ages
• (1300-1500)

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End of Middle Ages

• Bubonic Plague called Black Death
• disease spread by fleas on rats
• came to Europe via traders
• Asia ? Middle East ? Europe
• Italy ? Spain France ? rest of Europe
• 1 in 3 die
• over 25 million people 1347-1353
• worse than any war in history
• no way to stop disease

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End of Middle Ages

• Bubonic Plague Black Death
• social upheaval
• hysteria
• Christians blamed Jews
• thousands of Jews slaughtered
• economic effects
• inflation rising prices
• gt100 years for Western Europe to recover

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End of Middle Ages

• The Hundred Years War
• French king dies without direct heir
• Edward III (King of England)
• claims to be heir and invades France

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End of Middle Ages

• The Hundred Years War
• Battle of Agincourt 1415
• Henry V (successor of Edward III)
• crushes France with longbow

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End of Middle Ages

• The Hundred Years War
• Battle of Orleans
• Joan of Arc
• 17 year old French peasant
• saves French army
• Led the French to victories against the English

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End of Middle Ages

• The Hundred Years War
• Gun Powder
• brought to Europe from China by Muslim traders
• Cannon
• French used to drive England out of France

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End of Middle Ages

• The Hundred Years War
• lasted for 113 years
• damaged both England and France

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End of Middle Ages

• Effects of Hundred Years War
• feudal society began changing
• monarchs sought large armies
• not feudal vassals
• French kings expanded their power
• England wanted new trading ventures overseas