Great Papal Schism Hundred Pg 25 Europe in

Great/ Papal Schism Hundred Pg 25 Europe in Crisis (Late Middle Ages)

“Great Schism/ Papal Schism” Cause Effect �Investiture conflict �Church is unstable even � Who can elect church officials: church or King? �Great Schism/ Papal Schism 3 Popes at the same time � 1378 -1414 � Resolved by Council of Constance after they settle on a single Pope �Moving the papacy temporarily to Avignon weakens the papacy �Some of the Popes were spending and living extravagantly which gave the papacy a bad name

Bubonic Plague: “Black Death” Cause �Plague started in Asia �Followed trade routes � Through Mongol Khanates � Moves from Italy on Ships �Rats on the ships had fleas that carried the plague Effects �Town population fell � More demand for labor �Serfs can leave & find jobs in town �Peasants demand better wages Revolt b/c nobles resist �Trade declines, prices rise �Jews blamed massacred/driven out �Church loss of prestige

Hundred Years’ war Cause Effects � Last Capetian king of � France drives England out of France dies without a successor � English king tries to claim throne through blood ties to unite French lands under England � War between France, England, and various allies on and off from 1337 to 1435 French land except for Calais � Changes style of warfare in Europe � Longbow changes chivalric method of war (knights on mounts) to peasant and common foot soldiers being most important � France and England start to form a national identity � Power and prestige of French monarch rises � England has period of inner turmoil called “War of the Roses”

End of Class Homework Review Reading Check on M 4 L 5 & M 5 L 5 due Wed/Thurs �_______ allows kings to create peasant armies because they are cheap, easy to train peasants on, and lessens the need for knights and can be used against knights