LATE MIDDLE AGES

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LATE MIDDLE AGES

• 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
• Famine
• Disease
• War
• Death

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FAMINE

• MULTIPLE YEARS OF CROP FAILURES
• MALNUTRITION
• DEATH

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DISEASE

• BLACK DEATH BUBONIC PLAGUE
• Carried by fleas on rats
• 1 in 3 died
• Global epidemic
• Very quick 2-3 days sick
• Unsanitary conditions

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Effects on Society

• Social Upheaval
• --- Gods punishment
• (flagellants)
• ---we will die soon
• (do anything/sin)
• Economic Recession
• ---shops closed

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WAR

• 13371453 AD England vs France
• -- a series of conflicts 100 yrs war
• Fought over land in France
• English won most victories at first
• UNTIL ..

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St. Joan of Arc

• 1429 17 yr old peasant girl
• God sent messages to hergo lead the French
  troops
• Eventually convinced king
• Lead battles and the French won
• ---captured and burned at stake as witch

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Downfall of Feudalism

• New weapons (EXAMPLES)
• LONGBOW
• CANNON
• --NO LONGER NEED KNIGHTS

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