Question | Answer |
What was The Black Death named for? | The discoloration of the body |
Who were blamed as the cause of the Black Death? | The Jews |
Who are the Flagellants? | People that believed that beating themselves until they bled would bring divine intervention. |
Who gained power after the Black Plague? | Skilled Artisans |
What economic powers came from the Black Plague? | Trade guilds and artisans |
What caused the Hundred Years' War? | It was caused by English King Edward III. He claimed power over the French Throne after the death of Charles IV. |
Why were the English successful during the Hundred Years' War? | Its military superiority and its use of the Longbow. |
Why were the French weak during the Hundred Years' War? | Because of its territorial infighting and its lack of leadership. |
What did The Peace of Bretigny proclaim? | It said that it recognized English holdings in France. |
Why did the French accept The Peace of Bretigny? | It would make Edward III renounce his claim to the French throne. |
Who is the warrior that claimed to hear voices of God and led France to victory in the Battle of Orleans? | Joan of Arc |
Clericis laicos | Forbade taxiation of the clergy without papal approval |
Unam Sanctum | Declared that teporal authority was subject to the power of the churchr |
Who moved the papacy to Avignon? | Pope Clement V. |
Why was the papacy moved to Avignon? | To avoid the French king and Rome. |
Who was the leader of the Lollards? | John Wycliffe |
Who was the leader of the Hussites? | John Huss |
What did the Lollards and the Hussites protest? | The rights of the papacy |
What caused The Great Schism? | When Pope Clement VII was elected by a group of cardinals, five months after the cardinals had elected an Italian archbishop, Pope Urban VI. |
Who was the third pope elected during The Great Schism? | Alexander V |
The Council of Constance | Met during the time of the Great Schism. Wrote a document known as Sacrosancta that recognized the Roman pope Gregory XII as the one ruling pope. |