Avignon Papacy

Calvin and took his teachings back to Scotland where Presbyterian form of church started. Protestant Reformation was due to several reasons including distrust in papacy, Western Schism, corruption of priests and bishops, and Renaissance humanism. Western Schism was the division in Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417.Several menfrom Avignon and Rome, later Pisa as well,claimed to be

9/10 – 9/14 P.1 Neuman AP Euro Ch.9/10 Review Questions Kagan Western Heritage 8th edition Chapter 9 (1300-1527) 1. What were the underlying and precipitating causes of the Hundred Years’ War? What advantages did each side have? Why were the French able to drive the English almost entirely out of France? The first underlying and precipitating cause of the Hundred Years’ War was that England and France were too closely proximate emergent territorial powers. Another cause of the Hundred Years’

The Black Death of the mid-fourteenth century will have the greatest impact on the 16th and 17th centuries. The plague caused the European population the drop by 25 to 50 percent, induced movements and many revolts, and prompted changes in urban life. The European population dropped by 25 to 50 percent between 1347 and 1351. So, if the European population was 75 million, this would mean the 18.75 to 37.5 million people died in four years. There were also major outbreaks that lasted many years until

The Christian Church in the Middle Ages The Christian Church in the Middle Ages played a significant role in society. Unfortunately though, the church is often regarded as the capital of corruption, evil, and worldliness. Today, so many people depict the medieval church as being led by materialistic popes, devouring tithes from poverty-stricken peasants, having various illegitimate children, and granting indulgences for money from wayward believers. Yes, circumstances like this may have been

though it compelled the Church for forty years to seek its true head; it was fed by politics and passions, and was terminated by the assembling of the councils of Pisa and Constance."1 After the Avignon Papacy, the Catholic Church had three men claiming to be pope. One man elected in Rome, one in Avignon, France, and one elected by the Council of Pisa. This was very detrimental to the Catholic theology which states that it can trace every pope back to St. Peter, the first pope. The Catholic faithful

In the fourteenth and fifteenth century, the spread of a deadly plague, the upheaval of the Hundred Years’ War, and the Great Schism has made an impact on the social and economic structure of the society. The positive and negative consequences have changed the way the people lived their lives; however lifestyles vary by where the people stand in the social hierarchy. For the nobility, having a superior status and a fortune can put you in a finer, more privileged position in the social order. The

4. 1305 Avignon: The seat of the papacy was moved from Rome to Avignon 1310 was a small ice age: Temperatures dropped cooling the area and shortening the growing season. Rainfall changed, dramatically raining more. Agriculture became unsustainable. 1314-1316 was flood and famines: Harvest

TERMS LATE MEDIEVAL EUROPE 1. Feudalism Social system that dominated medieval Europe, in which there were divisions in social classes that resulted in a social hierarchy with the king/queen on top, nobles and lords underneath, knights and vassals next, merchants, farmers, and skilled craftsmen/tradesmen next, and peasants and serfs on the bottom. ? Feudalism developed because in 476 C.E.., the Roman Empire fell, causing chaos and little to no effective political leadership to lead the people

before they did certain things. This forced them to have to make compromises where secular and religious claims coincide. The papacy assumed so much power in the 1200 because it had gained loyalty from a great amount of people for practical purposes.With a lot of people showing loyalty and trust towards the Papacy, it was able to expands its power over Europe. Since the papacy was the most influential and advanced government during its time it had “legislative power, law courts, bureaucracy, formal

CHAPTER 11 THE LATE MIDDLE AGES: CRISIS AND DISINTEGRATION IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY _____________________________ CHAPTER OUTLINE I. A Time of Troubles: Black Death and Social Crisis A. Famine and Population B. The Black Death 1. Spread of the Plague 2. Life and Death: Reactions to the Plague C. Economic Dislocation and Social Upheaval 1. Noble Landlords and Peasants 2. Peasant Revolt in France 3. An English Peasant Revolt 4. Revolts in the Cities II. War and