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Flashcards by Cara Birmingham, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Cara Birmingham
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| Question | Answer |
| Black Death (Bubonic Plague) | (1348) Disease that was carried by fleas on Asian black rats and brought to Europe on ships returning from Asia. |
| Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) England (King Edward II) battles France (Philip VI of Valois) for the throne of France. | England (King Edward II) battles France (Philip VI of Valois) for the throne of France. |
| Dates of Hundred Years' War | 1337-1353 |
| Joan of Arc | (1412-1431) French peasant girl who lead the French army to a victory at the Battle of Orleans (1429), resulting in the thr French heir to the throne (Charles VII) to be crowned. |
| John Wyclif | (1330-1384) Believed that the church should only follow Scripture. Wrote an English translation of the Bible. |
| Lollards | Followers of John Wyclif. |
| John Hus | (1369-1415) Ideas very similar to Wyclif. Led a nationalist movement in Bohemia. Burned at stake for heretical and political views. |
| Hussites | Followers of John Hus. Staged large rebellions in the 14th century. |
| Babylonian Captivity | (1309-1377) Struggle between the Pope and the French king led to the election of a French pope who set up his leadership in Avignon, France. Seven successive popes resided at Avignon, France. This situation damaged papal prestige. |
| Dates of Bab ylonian Captivity | 1309-1377 |
| Great Schism | (1377-1417) Conflict occurred with the election of 2 popes- one in Rome (Pope Urban VI), one in France (Antipope Clement VII)- neither of whom recognized each other. Hurt prestige of church. |
| Conciliar Movement | (1409-1418) Ended the Great Schism. Wanted to reform the Church by creating a council of cardinals that would be more powerful than the pope. Failed as a movement. |
| vernacular | national languages; native dialect |
| Dante Alghieri (1265-1321) | (Father of Italian Language) An early Renaissance author who wrote "The Divine Comedy" in 1321. |
| Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) | Attempted to reconcile faith and reason by using logic to support Christian doctrine. Wanted to reconcile Aristotle's scientific ideas with Christianity. |
| Scholasticism | The corner-stone of late medieval philosophy. Dominated Catholic philosophy for centuries. Later challenged by Renaissance humanists |
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