Life and Death in the Later Middle Ages

These flashcards cover key concepts, events, and terms related to life and death during the later Middle Ages, major plagues, economic consequences, cultural changes, and the Renaissance.

Great Famine of 1315-1322

Caused by over-farming and climate cooling.

Black Death

A devastating plague that arrived in Europe, primarily spread by rats and fleas.

Bubonic plague symptom

Characteristic symptom includes buboes, or black cysts in lymph nodes.

Flagellants

Believed that the plague was a divine punishment.

Ars Moriendi

A text that taught proper Christian dying and salvation.

Danse Macabre

Emphasized that everyone is equal in death.

Economic result of the Black Death

Labor shortages and rising wages.

Ciompi Revolt

A significant uprising in Florence by lower-class wool workers.

Hundred Years' War

Conflict fought between England and France.

Joan of Arc

Convinced the French king to support her campaign and was later executed as a heretic.

Fall of Constantinople

Occurred in 1453, conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Mehmet II.

Renaissance Humanism

Focus on human potential and improvement, emphasizing classical learning.

Pico della Mirandola

Argued that humans can rise to the level of angels or fall to beasts.

Linear perspective

Technique that creates mathematical proportion and depth in art.

Gutenberg's movable-type printing

Considered the start of the modern age, encouraged mass literacy.