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Middle Ages Matt Davis & Nathen Cookman 1000-1500 AD

= = ==In the early Middle Ages, Europe had a very small population. Although, as time went on in the High Middle ages the population flourished. From 1000 to 1300 the population went form 38 million to 74 million people. This is due to increased peace and food production. The farming system was set up in manors or agricultural estates run by lords and worked by peasants. Some of these peasants were serfs, and were legally bound to the land. As time went on Europe developed into a money economy in which money was used rather that barter. All of these practices are an economic system in which people invested in trade and goods in order to make profits called commercial capitalism.== ==In Europe during the middle ages the Catholic Church presided over all other things. As the church became bound to the system of Papacy Pope Gregory VII instituted lay investure which separated the church from the feudal system. The pope soon declared that the church had all freedom from other rulers. Gregory VII and Henry IV finally came to an agreement on this issue in the Concordat of Worms.== ==With the late middle ages came the Black Death. The Bubonic plague was brought by black rats on ships and in total killed 38 million of Europe's 75 million people. As the years went by the kings slowly began to not accept the church's power over them and no longer accepted papal claims. In 1337 France attempted to take back lands lost to England starting the Hundred Years' War. Joan of Ark helped lead the hopeless french but in turn dragged the war on for another two decades. She was later burned at the stake.==

Terms 1. Black Death- Sickness through out Europe killing 38 million people. 2. Theology- The study of religion and God. 3. Vernacular- The language of everyday speech in a particular region, such as Spanish, French, English, or German. 4. Relics- Objects or bones of saints used in worship because they provided a link between the earthly world and God. 5. Inquisition- Holy Office, or the job of finding and persecuting heretics.

People 1. Joan of Arc- A french peasant girl who led many soldiers in a religious fight against the English in the Hundred Years' War. 2. Eleanor of Aquitane- Eleanor of Aquitane was the Queen of France (1137-1152) and England (1154-1204). She was the mother of two English kings, Richard (The Lion-Hearted, 1157-1199) and John I (1167-1216) and the most politically influential woman of her time. 3. Saint Francis- A man born into a wealthy Italian merchant family who was captured in a war. He had many spiritual movements that led him to lead a life of poverty, free of all property. He spent all of his time preaching and spreading the news of God to others and gaining many followers. 4. Saint Thomas Aquinas- Made the most famous attempt to reconcile Aristotle with the doctrines of Christianity. 5. John Hus- Czech man who spoke out against the poor use of power and corruption in the church. He stood up for what he believed in until 1415 when he was burned at the stake. His revolutionary upheaval didn't end until 1436.

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Timeline
 * 1) 1073-Gregory VII was elected pope.
 * 2) 1198-Innocent III was elected pope.
 * 3) 1347-Black Death begins to devastate Europe.
 * 4) 1348-The Plague spread through Low Countries and France.
 * 5) 1351-The Plague ended.
 * 6) 1377-Pope Gregory XI returned to Rome.
 * 7) 1378-Great Schism started.
 * 8) 1412-Jon of Arc was born.
 * 9) 1453-Hundred Years War ends.
 * 10) 1461-King Louis XI rules France.

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