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NEED TO KNOW
  • ​Origins of the Black Death
  • Reactions to the Plague
  • Causes of the War
  • Early English victories
  • Joan of Arc and the War’s conclusion
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THE BLACK DEATH AND THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
A deadly plague sweep quickly across Europe through newly established trade routes and devastates Europe.  In western Europe, the death of a childless king turns two great kingdoms against each other in a war for power, land, and the geopolitical future of western Europe.
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pgs. 35 - 46
NEED TO KNOW
  • ​Royal Challenge to Papal Authority
  • Avignon Papacy
  • John Wycliffe and John Huss
  • The Great Schism
  • Rising Empires in the East
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THE AVIGNON PAPACY AND THE GREAT SCHISM
The papacy reaches the limits of their power as challenges come from the monarchies of growing nation-states.  The conflict between church and state authority leads to political rifts and divisions within the Catholic Church calling to attention needed changes to the very institution itself.
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pgs. 46 - 58