Black Death

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Black Death 100 Years War
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Beginning

• 1347
• Ship from Caffa to Messina
• Called the Black Death
• Reaches Spain and France by 1348

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Bubonic Plague

• 1300 - Chinese cities infected
• Killed 35 million people there
• Carried by traders
• Fleas carried by Rats
• Rats everywhere

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Life breaks down

• Magic/ Witchcraft
• Gods Punishment
• Jews Blamed (more pogroms)
• Inflation, Price of Labor, Unrest

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100 Years War
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100 Years War

• 1337-1453 France England
• Edward III 1337 claims French throne
• Norman lands in France and control of the Channel

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English Victories

• Crecy (1346), Poitiers (1356), Agincourt (1415)
• Longbow
• England Control
• all France?

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Shakespeare immortalizes the Battle of Agincourt
in his play Henry V with the St. Crispin Day
speech
H\World History\Era 4\YouTube - Shakespeare -
Crispin's Day.mht
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Joan of Arc

• 1429
• The voice of God told sent this 17-year old to
  save France
• Defeats the English
• Brings Dauphin to be crowned king

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• Joan is captured by English alley
• Joan is tried by the Church as a heretic
• Burnt at the stake May 1431

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Effects

• Power In England toward Parliament
• French Kings more powerful
• Longbow and Cannon Changed defenses
• Beginning of the end of the Feudal System