LATE MIDDLE AGES/RENAISSANCE

GENERALIZATION: In the 14th century, a series of disasters shook Medieval civilization to its foundations. But these disasters did not destroy European civilization. Instead, they led to a period of even greater achievement, the Renaissance.

ID'S: BLACK DEATH, HUNDRED YEARS' WAR, JACQUERIE, BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE PAPACY, GREAT (PAPAL) SCHISM, BOCCACCIO, PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA, MACHIAVELLI, BOTTICELLI, DA VINCI, DONATELLO, MICHELANGELO, RAPHAEL, WYCLIF, HUS,  SAVANAROLA

I. Fourteenth Century Disasters

A. Famine (bad harvests, 1315, 1316, 1317)

B. Disease

1. BLACK DEATH (1347-1350)

a. impact on medicine

b. impact on religion

c. impact on social relations

d. impact on morality

C. War

1. HUNDRED YEARS' WAR (1337-1453)

D. Peasant revolt

1. JACQUERIE (1358)

E. Loss of leadership

1. Kings of England and France/Holy Roman Emperors

2. Religious leaders

a. Papacy

--BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY (1309-1376)

--GREAT PAPAL SCHISM (1378-1415)

Some of you might find interesting the life of Catherine of Siena, a key figure in ending the "Captivity," and in trying to end the "Schism."

II. Renaissance Achievements

A. Literature (Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Everyman, etc.)

1. BOCCACCIO (1313-1375), Decameron

2. PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA (1463-1494)

Oration of the Dignity of Man

3. MACHIAVELLI (The Prince)

B. Renaissance Religion

1. WYCLIF (1320-1384)

2. HUSS (1370-1415)

3. SAVANAROLA (1452-1498)

C. Renaissance Art (Botticelli, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, etc.)

D. Other Renaissance achievements (exploration and discovery, printing press)