Exam 11: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

The conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and Philip IV of France began when Philip

The most revolutionary of thirteenth and fourteenth-century inventions was/were

Talk about: -bubonic plague

What were the main causes of the Great Schism? What were the major results of this political and religious conflict?

Joan of Arc saved France by inspiring the French soldiers to break the English siege of

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

It is estimated that famine in the early fourteenth century killed 35 percent of the European population.

Mysticism in the fourteenth century

Talk about: -the "four humors"

Talk about: -condottieri

To what extent were climate and disease key factors in producing economic and social changes in the Later Middle Ages?

What major problems did European states face in the fourteenth century? How are these problems evident in the history of England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire?

Politically, Italy and Germany were similar in the fourteenth century because

Talk about: -Gerard Groote

Women benefited from the Black Death because

Talk about: -clocks, eyeglasses, and paper

What factors led to the urban and rural revolts in the fourteenth century? Which causes were most important and why?

Florence was ruled throughout most of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the

What were the major themes of the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer? How did the work of Christine de Pizan indicate both similar and different concerns?

Postplague socioeconomic relations between rich and poor in Europe