Transcript Slide 1 - Teacher Notes

Transition from the Middle
Ages to the Renaissance
Feudal Pyramid
King
Lord
Vassal
Knight
Serf or Peasant or Townspeople
Decline of Feudalism
► 1.
Attacks on the Church
► 2.
The Black Death
► 3.
The Hundred Years War
The Church Weakens
►
1.
2.
3.
Medieval Monarchs opposed the Church’s
political power because:
Clergy and monasteries did not pay royal
taxes. $ sent to Rome instead of Royal
treasury
Church courts competed with royal courts
Church officials interfered in political
matters.
Church Weakens
► Babylonian
Captivity (1309 -1378)
► The
Great Schism 1378
► * One Pope in Avignon, one in Rome
► Demands
for reform
► * John Wycliff
► * John Huss
Picture from John Wycliff’s Bible
THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH
Pieter Brueghel "the Elder" (c.1530-1569)
The Black Plague
► Forms:
pneumonic plague; septicemic plague;
bubonic plague
► Spread – Silk Road through Gobi Desert
• Began in Sicily in 1347, hit Russia within 6 years
Factor that led to spread = Ignorance
BLACK PLAGUE KILLED 1/3 OF THE POPULATION
The Black Plague
On the Left: The second pandemic of the Black Death in Europe (1347-51)
Joan of Arc
Hundred Years War
War between France and Great Britain
► 1337-1453
► English
were winning for first 90 years due
to advancements in technology.
 Long bow
 Cannons
 Mercinaries
► 1429
Joan of Arc led French Forces
► Absolute rule instituted by Louis XI
Medieval Marketplace
Town Life
Middle Ages
- towns were small and
based on agriculture;
people lived in the
countryside
- nobles held most power;
owned land and provided
knights for protection
- Status determined by
birthright
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►
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Renaissance
towns grew society began
to be based on commerce;
people moved to cities
Middle class gains power;
limited power of feudal
lords through charters;
organized banks
Status determined by
wealth and ability
Growth of Italian City States
Rise of Renaissance
►1.
Growth of Cities
►2.
Rise of Merchant/Middle class
►3.
Rise of Humanism
Renaissance
Definition:
FIVE THEMES
►Individualism
Rebirth of ancient ►Worldliness
Greek and
►
Learning
Roman art,
learning and
►Antiquity
culture
►Reform
Humanism
Individualism:
- belief in the
human potential
Learning:
-studied Greek,
Latin, astronomy,
math, literature,
history
Petrarch
ANTIQUITY- ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE
Age of Discovery
►Worldliness
►1492
Columbus
sailed the ocean
blue
Protestant Reformation
►Reform:
-challenge the old
order
-rise of
secularism