The document discusses the impact of the Black Death plague and the Hundred Years' War on medieval Europe. The Black Death killed large numbers and affected the economy and society. The Hundred Years' War was fought between England and France over territory in Normandy and the English claim to the French crown. England took the early lead by using the longbow but Joan of Arc helped France regain lost lands. The war ultimately unified both France and England and helped end feudalism.

1. Medieval Europe
Culture, Hundred Years War and
the Further Development of
Monarchy

2. Objectives: The Hundred
Years’ War and Plague
• What impact did the Plague have?
• How did the war start? What was it
about?
• What decided the tide of the war?

3. The Black Death
• Killed large numbers of people
• Depopulation affected European
economy and social patterns

4. The Hundred Years’ War in
General
• England and France fought over
Normandy
• Edward III of England claimed the
French crown

5. England Took the Early Lead
• Military technology helped win early
conflicts
--Crecy and Agincourt
• Longbow
--distance, accuracy, armor piercing

6. The French Made a Comeback
• Joan of Arc unified the French
• Captured, burned as a heretic
• The English lost almost all French lands

7. Impact of the War
• Unified both France and England
• Helped end feudalism

8. Objectives: Country
Development
• How did the monarchs increase their
power? Be able to give examples.
• Identify the primary kingdoms and
major rulers of those kingdoms.

9. France
• Louis XI strengthened monarchy

10. England
• Wars of the Roses, for the throne
• Henry VII defeated Richard III

11. Spain: Ferdinand and Isabella
• Used church to unite people

12. Holy Roman Empire
• Not really unified
• Hapsburgs gained power through
marriage