Coming Out of the Dark

The Later Middle Ages

The Crusades• The struggles

between Christians & Muslims will lead to many positive aspects which help to end the Dark Age Period– Knowledge– Trade

The Renaissance• Knowledge

– Trade brings classic works like Plato & Aristotle

• Education– Universities begin to crop up

all over Europe

• Art– Artists begin to emulate

artistic styles from the Classical Period

• Literature– People begin to write in the

vernacular

• Architecture– Gothic Churches show the

promise of new buildings

Life Gets Better!Let’s be Honest…It Couldn’t Have Gotten Worse

FarmingHorsepower3 Field SystemLonger life

TradeEast and WestTrade Fairs (local)

CitiesGuildsJews Nastiness

Thank God!

Its really over?

I Farted!

The Church Grows Weak

Kings surpass Pope in terms of power Philip IV vs. Pope Boniface VIII

Church capital moves to France Causes The Great Schism

The Church splits with Constantinople

Citizens speak publicly about the church’s corruption John Wycliffe Jan Hus

Church’s lack of power during The Plague

Scandal Priests having sex

Greed Living in Opulence

Corruption Lay Investiture Simony

Does my hat look like a

golden egg?

Pope Boniface VIII

Formation of Nations

• Through constant war and political struggle, nations began to emerge towards the end of the Middle Ages

• As nations unite, Monarchs gain more power

• Spain, France & England will be the most powerful moving forward

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The ReconquistaSpain finally rids its

territory of the Moors or Muslims700 year struggle

Ferdinand and Isabella regain Spain for the Spanish

The Spanish Inquisition thus begins

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Potter

Russia is Born• Vikings mix & settle

with Slavs in Eastern Europe

• Through trade with the Byzantine Empire the area flourishes

• Eastern Orthodox Christianity becomes the dominant religion

• Major cities such as Kiev & Moscow are established

Italian Peninsula

SPAIN

FRANCE

ENGLAND

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

SCOTLAND

Byzantine/Muslim Empire

RUSSIA

Netherlands

The Hundred Years War

England vs. FranceJoan of ArcWar rages (on &

off) from 1337-1453

Knights prove to be outdated

Marks the end of the Middle Ages

Moment of Zen