Economic
Great
cattle disease
Famine caused sheep and
1315-1322 cattle numbers to
fall as much as 80
percent.
Black
Death
1346 1351
Loss of population led
to lack or workers thus
lack of production
100 Years
War
1337 1453
Soldiers brought
diseases, took away
grain, cattle &
produce, and left
behind only despair.
The poor economic
situation of many
communities was only
worsened by taxes
The 14th century
Political (government and
power)
Medieval Europe in the
fourteenth century had
already experienced
widespread social violence,
and even acts then
punishable by death such as
rape and murder were
demonstrably far more
common (especially relative
to the population size),
compared with modern
times
caused most government
officials and political
figures to become infected,
and they locked themselves
away in their homes until
they died. As more
government heads
succumbed to the plague,
instability ruled because the
government was helpless
and had no strategy to deal
with the plague's results.
The consolidation of the
French monarch's control
over all of France. A greater
use of international
diplomacy and specialised
diplomats. A greater feeling
of nationalism amongst the
populations of both
countries.
Social
Culture and Religion
marked a clear end
to an unprecedented
period of population
growth that had
started around 1050
movements that were
deemed heretical by
the Church, as they
opposed the papacy
and blamed the
perceived failure of
prayer on corruption
and doctrinal errors
within the Roman
Catholic Church.[6]
Massive portion of
the population was
wiped out by the
plague
the rise of paid
professional armies
comprised mostly of
the peasantry. Those
peasants whose
farms were destroyed
by raiding armies,
mercenaries, or
bandits suffered
greatly because of
the war
When in this time of
struggle people clung
to their religion as a
lifeline for support
A decline in trade,
especially English
wool and Gascon
wine
Babylonia
n
Captivity
1309-1376
Great
Schism of
Catholic
Church
1378-1417
the Persian conqueror of
Babylonia, Cyrus the Great,
gave the Jews permission to
return to Palestine.
Several deportations
took place, that not
all Jews were forced
to leave their
homeland, that
returning Jews left
Babylonia at various
times, and that some
Jews chose to remain
in Babyloni thus
constituting the first
of numerous Jewish
communities living
permanently in the
Diaspora.
the influence of this
exile upon the
religion of Israel was
enormous.