chapter 12 organized outline of mckay

Chapter 12 Shannon Kehoe1

Political England, Edward II Many Baronial conflicts and wars Feared food riots/violence Condemned speculators, easier than enforcing price controls Tried to buy grain abroad, but Baltic had low yields French had forbidden grain exports Grain in south England was stolen and sold on black market Efforts for famine relief FAILED 1291, Genoese sailors defeated Morracans, allowed Italy to used Gibralter strait Hundred years war (1337-1453) England 1327 Queen Isabella + lover Mortimer, and barons overthrew/killed

Edward II E II thought to be incompetent 15 year old Edward III named king Isabella + Mortimer were the real power up to 1330 France 1328 Last son of Phillip the Friar (Charles the IV) died, had no children Isabella (England) was Charles’s sister French barons stated that no woman (Isabella) nor her son (Edward

III) would inherit French throne. Based argument on Salic Law: Germanic code: says

females or those descended from her can’t inherit offices

French crown went to Phillip VI of Valois (r. 1328-1350), nephew of Phillip the Friar

1259 treaty of Paris France and England signed, English king agreed to be vassal of French crown in return for the duchy

of Aquitaine. English thought that aquataine was “ancient inheritance” 1329 Edward III (eng) paid homage to Phillip VI for Aquitaine 1337 Phillip VI confiscated Aquitaine Edward III considered it violation of treaty + cause for war Ed also thought that as oldest male directly related to Phillip the

friar he should rule France in order rule Aquitaine. French vassals began to swear allegiance to Ed III Lasted so long because became French civil war Flemish (weavers) Flanders was fiefdom of France Flemish aristocracy sympathized w/ France BUT: Flemish depended on Eng for wool Flemish middle class supported Eng


War threatened business Public response/influence E and Fr biased public to make more support for war England: public thought they fought to give Ed III rule of france that had

been taken Ed III sent letters to sheriffs describing evilness of French + list of

needed supplies Both: Had clergy give sermons on patriotism Emphasized profit to be made from war Emph on how evil other side was France: Sent peeps to warn towns of invasion/stress need for higher taxes All successfully rallied public Presented unique opportunities poor/unemployed knight were promised wages Enlisted criminals given pardons Nobles rewarded w/ estates If victorious, men could loot Effects on gov England One national assembly “stimulated development of English parliament” 1250-1450, representative assemblies “flourished” Most Rep assemblies declined after 15th century, not England Parliament met many times during Ed III reign 1341, all non-fuedal levies neede parliament approval Prevented king from taxing without Parliament

approval France Several regional/local assemblies No national assembly; threatened king’s power Charles VII threatened to punish peeps who proposed a national

assembly Very localized Peeps thought themselves “Norman” or “Burgundian”, not

“French” Promoted nationalistic feelings Was fought in the low countries and France mostly Random sieges/cavalry raids 1335 French supported Scottish raids into northern England Crecy (northern France) 1346 English used longbows, Allowed rapid fire Longbow sent 3 arrows for every 1 crossbow bolt


Used cannon Agincourt 1415 Henry V won even though he was outnumbered Joan of Arc Major force behind French success Was a French peasant girl Saved the French monarchy Born in1412, Domremy Started hearing voices during teens: St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St.

Margaret 1428, told her that dauphin (uncrowned King charles VII) had to be

crowned + English had to be forced out of France Persuaded king that he was not an illigitamate kid Was illiterate Cut hair short and dressed like a man Orleans Arrived April 28, 1429 May 8, English withdrew (turning point) May 18, Charles VII crowned king in Reims (turning point) charged w/ witchcraft, condemned as heretic 1431 Burned at stake in Rouen marketplace New trial 1456 “rehabilitated her name” 1920, anonized, named a holy maiden Second patron saint of France War ended 1453, Calais only French city still in English possession War was thought to be a means of prosperity, and was therefore looked upon with

favor in the fourteenth and fifteenth century Nobility After the Hundred Years War Was hurt by inflation Turned to “fur collar” crime Only nobility allowed to wear miniver fur on collar Usually not involve felonies (murder, rape, etc) Would extort the weak, corrupt judicial process Bands of knights would demand “protection money”, fail to pay=homes

destroyed Kidnappings Essentially, fur collar crime=terrorism To get out of punishment Would intimidate witnesses Threatened jurors Bribed judges Most villains in Robin Hood stories are fur collar criminals Peasant revolts, 100 years war 1358, heavy taxes in France for War France Caused uprising: Jaquerie


Named after fictional farmer Jaques Bonhomme Nobles and king had been captured, peasants against having to pay

for the release of peeps that oppressed them Peasants joined by artisans, small merchants, parish priests 1363-1484 major revolts covered Auvergne 1380 revolt in Midi 1420 revolt in Lyonnais England 1381 ≈100,000 peeps , largest revolt in Middle Ages Peasants wanted higher wages and fewer obligations to Manor 1350 to 1450 believed to be best time for peasants Southern coast Damaged by War Not well protected Peeps grew scared/insecure “straw that broke camal’s back”-reinstating head tax on adult males Caused discontent in 1380 Caused revolt in 1381 Rural serfdom gone by 1550 Revolts not just in England and France, all over Europe Spain, Italy

Economic Huge inflation 1400-1410 in northern Europe Grain, livestock, dairy prices rose sharply Severe weather made this even worse (known as “the little ice age”) Wheat, oat, and hay crops ruined: critical dependence on these by

people/animals Urban areas not transport food more than one day away Was too costly/difficult ¼ harvests likely to be poor Great Famine 1315 to 1322 Reduced caloric intake= weakened immune system so peeps sick more often

(especially among infants, children, and elderly) Working people had less energy= lower productivity and output, but higher grain

prices Demographic disaster in France Demographics: the statistical characteristics of human populations (as age

or income) used especially to identify markets Burgundy ≈ 1/3 of the population died Typhoid fever killed thousands shortly after great famine 1316- 10% of pop of Ypers city died between May and October 1318- disease hit livestock 1321- another bad harvest= more famine and death Languedoc France


Enjoyed continual land reclamation, steady agricultural expansion, and enourmous pop growth for 150 years

1310 torrential rains= ruined harvest+ bad famine 1322 and 1329 more bad harvests 1332, peasants survived winter on raw herbs 1302-1348, twenty poor harvests occurred 1348- black death arrived Homes abandoned Low countries Entire villages would be abandoned Increase in homeless peeps Poor harvests may have caused later marriages Catastrophe in one country could seriously effect trade and other countires, ie: English sheep infected (1318), decline in wool exports. Flemish weavers unable

to weave without wool, many laid off. No cloth, so Flemish, Hanseatic, and Italian merchants suffered.

Unemployment encouraged crime. No effective gov solutions, 1314-1328, Phillip the Friar’s Three sons Condemned speculators Speculators held grain back until peeps desperate and prices high Forbid grain to be sold abroad Made fishing with traps that caught large amounts of fish illegal Very few positive results from the new laws Crisis worsened, peeps began to become anxious and paranoid Peeps became angry at the rich, speculators, and Jews (who were creditors) Jews expelled from France in 1306, but readmitted in 1315, were then allowed to

lend and charge high interest rates. England, Edward II (r. 1307-1327) Set price controls Livestock when disease drove prices up Ale (made from barley) because harvests were bad Scandanavia/Baltic countries Low cereal harvests, less meat/dairy produced, economic recessions, and lack of

salt created food shortages. By 1375, most landlords received revenues close to what they had prior the plague Parts of Europe/England were overpopulated before plague, plague restored proper

balance, Plague , high mortality rates Lowered production Goods shortages Rise in prices Labor shortage plus worker demands for higher wages caused guilds to retaliate English Statute for Laborers (1351): tried to freeze salaries/wages at

pre-1347 rates Couldn’t be enforced, was unsuccessful


Wheat, sausage, meat, cheese prices increased Inflation continued till end of 14th century Wages rose faster than inflation, peeps had higher standard of living Increased productivity Labor shortages, Slave prices rose sharply Hundred years war Wool trade and control of Flemish towns prolonged war Flemish were weavers Wool trade was critical to E and Fr’s economies, all interdependent France Huge pop loss because of HY war and Plague Eng destroyed much of farmland “rural economy in shambles” England Damage concentrated in southern ports Black death restored land to labor balance Spent more than 5 million pounds on the war Tried to raise taxes on wool crop for more $ Flemish/Italian merchants not afford English wool Wool exports dropped during 1350-1450 Lost more $ than gained Local government leaders (knights, sheriffs, etc.) fighting, loss of order Babylonian Captivity Rome economy based on tourist trade papal court brought + papal court itself Very poor when Pope left

Religious Book of Revelation deals with Visions of the end of the world Disease War Famine Death Was popular part of the bible Flanders France lost monks, nuns, and priests due to the Great Famine Rumors of Jewish plots Thought Jews wanted to poison Christians by getting lepers to poison wells Many jews/lepers killed, tortured, beaten, given heavy fines Bubonic Plague Nuns, priests, monks, etc. would stay to care for sick or bury dead, even after docs

left Had HUGE mortality rate German clergy after 1350 suffered major loss of personnel Such a shortage of priests, 1349 bishop of Bath advised peeps to confess to each


other if they couldn’t confess to a priest Travel Pilgrimages Sometimes used to justify fleeing a city Travelers, pilgrims, and homeless distrusted. Treated w/ hostility Ragusa (south Croatia, along Dalmatian coast) Quarantined ships, crews, passengers, cargoes to make sure not infected

by plague Set example, other cities started doing same Quarentine: Venetian word; originally meant 40 day isolation 14th century Church Offered little support during tough times Sometimes added to misery 1309-1376, Popes lived in Avignon (southern france), Called “The Babylonian Captivity” Refers to 70 years when Hebrews held in Mesopotamian Babylon Phillip the Friar pushed Pope Clement V for this, wanted more control in church Clement mortally ill with cancer, no will to resist Damaged Pope’s “prestige” Popes concentrated on “bureaucratic matters” instead of spiritual ones Italy lost stability and good gov, papacy had always been force of gov Pope Gregory XI returned papal court to Rome 1377, died shortly after Italy DEMAND Italian pope who would stay in Rome 2 conclaves, Bartolomeo of Bari unanimously elected Took name “Urban VI” Fight for Papal throne Urban VI, 1378-1389 Abolished “simony” (holding more than one church office at a time) Good intentions, bad way of achieving them, disastrous reign Cardinal’s reactions Met in Anagni Declared Urban’s election invalid, was made under threats from

Roman mob Excommunicated Urban Elected cardinal Robert from Geneva Took name Clement VII Clement VII (r. 1378-1349) Was cousin of French King Charles V Had two popes at one, Urban VI and Clement VII Clement in Avignon Urban in Rome Was the beginning of the Great Schism, would divide western Christiandom till

1417 The Great Schism With Urban


England With Clement Scotland France Aragon Castile Portugal Italy At first, Urban. Urban alienated them, then they sided w/ Clement The Conciliar Movement Conciliarists believed that periodic assemblies or general councils that

represented al of Christians, the church could be reformed Believed that, though pope was in charge, power was derived from

Christian peeps and he was supposed to protect them Favored balanced form of gov Papal authority shared w/ general council 1409, cardinals called a council in Pisa Both Clement and Urban were thrown out of office New pope chosen, but neither Clements nor Urban resigned Created a THREE-fold schism German emperor Sigismund called council at Constance (1414-1418) 3 goals End schism Reform church Wipe out heresy Condemned Czech reformer Jan Hus, was burned at stake Deposed all three popes (Urban, Clement, and the new pope chosen in Pisa) Elected roman cardinal Colonna Took name Martin V Martin V (1417-1431) Dissolved council Nothing done about reform Conciliar movement failed

Social All members of aristocratic family slept in one room 6-8 peeps in middle class/poor family slept in one bed, if they had one The closeness provided warmth Plague Florence census 1427-1430 Had many epidemics since 1347 Total pop over 260,000 Over 15% were 60 years or older (high percentage) Suggests that plague took the young instead of the old


Children/youth (up to 19y.o.) 44% of pop Adults (25-59) rep 41% of pop High mortality rate among craftsmen Guilds recruited more members Silk merchants 1328-1347, accepted 730 members 1408-1427 accepted 784 Marriage Premarital conception sometimes deliberate, couple wanted to be sure woman could have children before they got

married, children were VERY important Mostly arranged marriages If parents dead, inheriting son was in charge of deciding Had to pay fine to Lord when a woman married Lord was losing a worker, wanted compensation Banns published on 3 Sundays in a row; if peeps wanted to object to the marriage,

they had time Marriage age Girls: usually shortly after 16th birthday in 1372; shortly after 21st

birthday in 1470 Men: Italy, 1354 not before age 30; 1371, Prato (Italy) average was 24 Prostitution Since men married late, prostitution legal in some places Women could make a large amount of money Very widespread Shows that officials thought prostitution could benefit city, but not that

prostitutes themselves were respected Frontiers Peeps migrated to escape plague English to Scotland and Ireland Germans, French, and Flemings to Poland, Bohemia, Hungary French to Spain Marks of an ethnic group Language: could be learned Customs: ie, diet, dance, marriage, death rituals; could be adopted Laws: could be changed/modified Laws in frontiers Old inhabitants: lived/subject to old laws New inhabitants: lived/subject to laws from their country English: disliked Irish Very discriminatory against Irish Three groups: free, unfree, and the Irish 1210- king john set to establish English law/custom in Ireland Courts set to model england’s courts, but irish had no access to the courts English defendant could ignore and irish plaintiff Irish couldn’t make a will


Irish widow could not claim her “dower rights” (being able to stay on part of the estate for the rest of her life)

Murder of an Irishman was not a felony Racism Was based on blood descent Germans migrated into Polish areas Met Jakub Swinka (archbishop of Gniezo): he hated Germans Called them “dog heads” Bishop John of Cracow: jated Polish, wanted to expel all polish, would not

appoint polish to any church office 1217: England stated that irsh could not be elected to offices Pope disliked Not able to be completely enforced Intermarriage forbidden in some places Recession in mid 13th century, racial tensions expanded Language England Lower classes used English dialects Upper classes spoke French Literature/official documents written in French/latin Beginning of 14th century vernacular (widespred/national) languages began to be

used both verbally and in literature Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) From aristocratic family in Florence His book: Divine Comedy Called his “divine comedy” comedic because it was in Italian

instead of Latin, and it’s style was different from tragic Latin

Later called “divine” because of subject and “Dante’s artistry” Allegorical trilogy 100 verses, three equal parts (1+33+33+33) Each part describes either purgatory, hell, or paradise Virgil (roman poet, represents reason) leads Dante through

hell, shows how souls are purified in purgatory. Beatrice, whom Dante used to love, leads Dante from Purgatory to paradise. Beatrice is symbol of divine revelation.

“embodies the psychological tensions of the age” Contains some criticism of Church authorities Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) Son of London wine merchant Was an official in Kings Edward III and Richard II administrations Wrote poetry for fun Wrote Canterbury Tales Collection of short, rhymed, stories 30 tales form 30 peeps, each on pilgramige to St. Thomas of


Becket shrine in Cantebury. Reflects cultural tensions of time François Villon (1431-1463) Greatest poet of Late medieval France Had poor parents Got master’s degree in Arts from Paris University, sent by guardian “rowdy, and free spirited student” “disliked stuffiness of student life” 1455, killed man in street fight Banished from Paris Became part of a band of thieves, formed after 100 years war Created poetry in “thieves jargon” for his group Lais Pun on word “legs” for “legacy” Stories of “farcical bequests” (unreasonable requests?) both friends

and enemies “Ballade des Pendus” (ballad of the hanged) Was written while in prison Greatest work was Grand Testament More bequests: legacy to prostitute Describes his iron faith in earth’s beauty “Definitely modern” because he celebrated humanity Christine de Pisan (1363?-1434?) Daughter of astrology professor at Bologna Large knowledge of greek, latin, French, and Italian literature Father and husband died, left w/ 3 small kids and her mother: had to

support all of them Earned living by writing Livre de la mutacion de fortune Biography of king Charles V MAJOR historical work Ditie Celebrates Joan of Arc’s victories City of Ladies Lists great women of history and how they helped society The Book of Three Virtues Advice on how to manage household for women of any class Avison-Christine Autobiography Said that a many once told her that educated women were

unattractive because there are very few She responded that ignorant men are even less attractive

because there are so many Translations increased, especially from German to Czech and religious works Number of schools in York quadrupled between 1350 and 1500


Intellectual Representative assemblies and national literatures emerged between 1300 and 1450 Italian ships improve Early 1300s Square rig added to mainmast Ships got 3 masts instead of one More sails improved speed by using more wind power The new design allowed for year round shipping for the FIRST TIME Ships always at moving, rats always getting more victims to spread disease. Plague (the Black Death) Origin: disputed Myth 1: plague broke out in Tartar army that was besieging Caffa

(southern Russia, Crimea). General ordered heads of infected thrown over city walls to infect Caffa.

Myth 2: plague broke out in China/central Asia around 1331, trades/soldiers carried it over caravan routes ‘till 1346 when it

reached Crimea. Myth3: plague was endemic in southern russia October 1347, Genoese ships brought plague to Messina, spread to sicily. Venice and genoa hit in1348 From port of Pisa, spread to Rome & east Florence and all of Tuscany. Late spring, southern Germany infected French chased out ship w/ disease from Marseilles, but city already infected.

Spread to Languedoc and Spain. June 1348, 2 ships infected England 2 bacteriologists, 1 french, 1 japenese 1894 identified bacillus that cause the plague (Pasteurella pestis) Would live in bloodstream of animal, or stomach of flea. Flea lived in rodent hair (sometimes squirrel, usually rat),

sometimes rested in saddlebags 2 forms of Black Plauge Bubonic Flea was the vector (transmitter) Pneumonic Plague communicated directly from person to person 14th century, urban authorities trying to get cities more sanitary, but not good

enough. Conditions still good for spreading disease. Excrement, dead animals, beggars, and extreme overcrowding Low personal hygene standards Most large cities had bathhouses, no way to know how often normal peeps

used them. Lack of hygene plus common, temporary sickness weakened immune

system. Fleas/body lice common, from peasant to archbishops Symptoms


Growth the size ofnut or apple in armpit, groin, or neck, called boil or buba, origin of disease’s name, caused lots of pain. Boil had to be

lanced and THOUROGUHLY drained, then victim might recover.

Second stage: black spots caused by bleeding beneath skin. This NOT origin of disease. Latin phrase meaing dreadful death translated to

black death Last: victim would cough and spit blood. Signaled the end, death came in

2-3 days No compassion, peeps felt horror and disgust Doctors could sometimes ease pain, but had no cure Most peeps thought plague caused by something bad in the air Peeps eventually thought jew had poisoned chritstian wells. Caused thousands of jews to be murdered 16,000 in Strasbourg (a city) killed in 1349; thought number might be

slight exaggeration. Some Muslims recognized how infectious the plague was in high pop. Density

areas. Ibu Abu Madyan of Sale, Morocco isolated himself and his family with

proper provisions till the plague was gone. The entire family remained unaffected.

Houses started being constructed w/ brick, but many were wood, clay, and mud: easy for rat to enter.

Hospitals 30 in Florence, provided 1,000 beds in 1339 60 in Paris, 1328; probably not enough (pop was 200,000) Rural hospices had 12-15 beds Urban hospitals had 25-30 beds Very few records, hard to determine how many peeps each hospital served Census not exist before plague, can’t determine mortality rates Educated guesses at best: England: start: 4.2 mil, lost:1.2 mil Florence (1347): start:85,000, lost: ½ to 2/3 of pop 1349: Vienna, 500-600 dead every day Poland was least effected Type O blood predominant; historians believe that type O

blood may be immune to bubonic plague Last appeared in Marseilles in 1721 Education Number of donations to schools increased Many new schools created Charles University, Prague (1348) Florence University (1350) Vienna University (1364) Cracow University (1364) Heidelberg University (1385)


Universities before plague had many international students Universities during plague, mostly local/national students Western Europe during plague Improved navigation techniques Increased long distance trade Allowed grain to be imported from Baltic region (low pop) Enforced quarantines Worked on developing vaccine 1947 american microbiologist discovered vaccine “streptomycin” Marsiglio of Padua 1324 published Defensor Pacis (the defender of the peace) One of most controversial works of Middle ages Argued that church was under state authority Thought that church shouldn’t own property Believed authority should be with a council made of laymen and church

officials, council should be superior to pope Book was condemned by pope Was excommunicated Was rector of University of Paris John Wyclif (ca (1330-1384) Said papal claims of temporal power had not basis in Scriptures Said scriptures should be only standard of Christian beliefs/practices Fought to eliminate worshipping of saints, pilgrimages, pluralism, absenteeism

(continual absence from work) Thought that “sincere Christians” should read bible themselves Because of Wyclif, first English translation of the bible was made and

spread around Thought that every Christian free of sin had lordship Idea was grabbed by peasants, used to justify goals in 1381 revolt Frowned on by authority, but loved by clerics and lower classes Followers called “Lollards” means “mumblers of prayers and songs” “refers to what they criticized” Lollard teachings let women preach Women played a big role in Lollard movement

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