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procession of flagellants at Tournai in Flanders
1349
marching with crucified Christ
scourging themselves in imitation of his suffering |
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The Prince of the World
sandstone sculpture
portrays transitory nature of life
viewers discover beauty of young prince to be only skin deep
body is filled with death symbolized by worms and flesh-eating frogs.
serpect spiraling up left leg enters his back, allusion to biblical teaching that the wages of sin are death. |
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from Canon of Medicine (standard medical textbook in Middle East & Europe during Middle Ages)
by Persian physician and philosopher Avicenna (arabic name = Ibn Sina)
shows artist visiting homes of rich patients
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Edward III pays homage to feudal lord Philip VI of France
Edward was legally a vassal of Philip's |
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contemporary portrait of Joan of Arc (1412-1431) |
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justice in the late Middle Ages
most common forms of corporal/capital punishment:
burning
hanging
drowning
blinding
quartering
the wheel
cutting of hair (mark of shame for freemen)
decapitation
amputation of hand (for thieves) |
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| When did Europe's population double? |
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| When was the greatest famine of the Middle Ages? |
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| How did the Black Death enter Europe? |
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| It followed the trade routes from Asia into Europe. Fleas on rats came across the Black Sea. |
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| When did the Black Death enter major European cities? |
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Constantinople: 1346
Sicily: 1347
Venice, Genoa, Pisa: 1348 |
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| How did the Black Death affect a person? |
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| It mainly affected the lungs. There was also bleeding under the skin that caused black spots, swelling of the lymphnodes, lymphnodes, coughing, and other symptoms. |
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| How did people react to the Black Death? |
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| moderation, giving themselves to passions, flight and seclusion, flagellants |
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| What did physicians do about the Black Death? |
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nothing.
blamed a corruption in the atmosphere, or poisonous fumes from earthquakes
some people wore amulets |
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| How were the Jews treated as a result of the Black Death? |
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They were scapegoats.
POGROMS occurred (tried to hurt Jews) |
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| Economic results of Black Death |
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vanishing cities
population decreased
birth rate decreased
labor supply decreased
wages increased
prices decreased (lower demand)
food supply decreased |
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1351
passed by English Parliament
limited wages to pre-plague levels
restricted ability of peasants to leave masters
sparked English peasants revolt |
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| uprising that resulted from taille |
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| Church in relation to Black Death |
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lost land
gained money from doing funerals, etc.
inherited money from dead nobles |
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1. French throne: Edward III wants throne, Philip VI gets it
2. Land: English king is vassal to French king
3. Economic: rebellion over wool in Flanders |
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| French advantages in 100 yrs war |
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3x England's population
wealthier
fighting on it's own soil |
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| England advantages in 100 yrs war |
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longbow
shrewdness of kings
internal unity |
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June 23, 1340
first great battle
Edward defeats French fleet |
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| French representative council of townspeople, clergy, and nobles |
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| 3 major stages of development of 100 yrs war |
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1. Conflict during reign of Edward III
2. French defeat & Treaty of Troyes
3. Joan of Arc & conclusion |
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May 9, 1360
Forced upon French by English
stated:
1. Edward wasn't a vassal, territories are English
2. France pays ransom to get back captured king
3. Edward renounces claim to French throne |
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