UNIT 0 - LATE MIDDLE AGES

Salic Law

Ancient French legal principle barring female succession to the crown.

Estates-General

Representative body of French nobles, clergy, and townspeople.

Longbow

English weapon that rendered traditional armored knights obsolete.

Ciompi Revolt

1378 Florentine labor uprising of unrepresented wool workers.

Fur-Collar Crime

Robbery and extortion committed by nobility/knights facing economic decline.

Statute of Laborers

English law attempting to freeze peasant wages following the Black Death.

Babylonian Captivity

Period when the papacy resided in Avignon under French control.

Council of Constance

Church council that ended the Great Schism and executed Jan Huss.

Conciliarism

Doctrine that church councils hold supreme authority over the pope.

Brethren of the Common Life

Lay movement emphasizing personal piety and practical Christian living.

Unam Sanctam

1302 papal bull asserting absolute spiritual power over secular rulers.