The Middle Ages

Vocabulary flashcards covering the social, political, and economic changes of the late Middle Ages, including key events and locations.

Important Europian locations

England, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Russia.

Divine punishment

How peasants viewed the plague, leading most to ask God for forgiveness.

Papal power

Decreased during the middle ages because there were $2$ popes picked by people rather than God.

Peasant economic demands

The demand for more money resulting from a high workload and a lack of workers due to many people dying.

Black Plague

One of the main events of the late middle ages.

100 years War

A war between England and France that served as a main event of the late middle ages.

Catholic Church Authority

The power of this institution experienced a decline during the late middle ages.

Vernacular literature

Literature that saw a rise in popularity due to the Gutenberg printing press.

Gutenberg printing press

An invention responsible for the rise of vernacular literature during the late middle ages.