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Medieval Europe
Culture, Hundred Years War and the Further Development
of Monarchy
Objectives: The Hundred Years’ War and Plague
• What impact did the Plague have?• How did the war start? What was
it about?• What decided the tide of the war?
The Black Death
• Killed large numbers of people• Depopulation affected European
economy and social patterns
The Hundred Years’ War in General
• England and France fought over Normandy
• Edward III of England claimed the French crown
England Took the Early Lead
• Military technology helped win early conflicts
--Crecy and Agincourt
• Longbow --distance, accuracy, armor piercing
The French Made a Comeback
• Joan of Arc unified the French• Captured, burned as a heretic
• The English lost almost all French lands
Impact of the War
• Unified both France and England• Helped end feudalism
Objectives: Country Development
• How did the monarchs increase their power? Be able to give examples.
• Identify the primary kingdoms and major rulers of those kingdoms.
France
• Louis XI strengthened monarchy
England
• Wars of the Roses, for the throne• Henry VII defeated Richard III
Spain: Ferdinand and Isabella
• Used church to unite people
Holy Roman Empire
• Not really unified• Hapsburgs gained power through
marriage