Crash Course European History - The Late Middle Ages

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from a lecture on the Late Middle Ages in Europe, including the Black Death, Hundred Years' War, and the Great Schism.

Bubonic Plague

A disease that spread to Europe from Asia in the 14th century, causing lymph node swelling, high fevers, vomiting blood, and gangrene. Also known as the Black Death.

Yersinia Pestis

The bacterium that causes Bubonic Plague (the Black Death).

Hundred Years War

A conflict between England and France from 1337 that lasted at least 116 years over control of continental European territories.

Chivalry

A code of conduct for knights, emphasizing respect and trust toward knightly opponents on the battlefield. This code declined during the Hundred Years War.

Longbow

A weapon used by English and Welsh soldiers, known for its speed and accuracy, which contributed to English victories during the Hundred Years War.

Joan of Arc

A French peasant girl who, inspired by visions, led French forces to drive out the English during the Hundred Years' War and helped Charles VII get crowned.

Great Schism

A period in the late Middle Ages when there were two, and for a time even three, rival popes, which greatly damaged the prestige of the Church.

Catherine of Siena

An ordinary young woman of intense religious faith who successfully urged Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome.

Ottomans

A Turkic ethnic group of Muslims who captured Constantinople in 1453, marking the final fall of the Roman Empire.

The Ciompi

Workers in the cloth trade, who rebelled in Florence in 1378, demanding an end to harsh prosecution for debt and an end to the imposition of extra taxes

Renaissance

A period of rebirth of art, philosophy, and architecture