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15 Cards in this Set
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Where it took place and that country's capitals
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France/Paris, England/London, Italy/Rome, Scotland/Glasgow, Sweden/Stockholm, Portugal/Lisbon, Switzerland/Bern, Ireland/Dublin, Turkey/Istanbul, Greece/Athens, Norway/Oslo, Belgium/Brussels, The Netherlands/Amsterdam
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Average Life Span in Middle Ages
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25-30 years
30% of children dead before 1st birthday |
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Called Dark Ages because...
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Disease from lack of hygiene
Lack of knowledge and literacy Little was recorded or left behind Little art Lack of new ideas Lived in dark castles |
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In the Dark Ages, Everyone believed...
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The heaven, hell and god existed, and that the only way to get to heaven was if the church let them. Everyone was scared of hell!
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Tithes
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Payments of crops, a tax paid by serfs. This helped the church own 1/3 of the land in Europe
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Monks and Nuns
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Servants to god, some of only educated people in Europe. Lived together in a MONASTERY
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Monastery
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Where monks and nuns live, always connected to catherdral. Living a MONASTIC LIFE
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Propaganda
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The church used this to control the people. It is the spreading of information in order to influence others using fear or emotion.
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The Hierarchy- The King
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Gave: land to the lords to rule over
Got: Lords gave King loyalty, taxes and some crops |
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The Hierarchy- The Lords
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Gave: King loyalty, taxes and some of their crops
Knights weapons, horses and rewards Got: Protection from knights, land to rule over from King |
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The Hierarchy- The Knights
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Gave: Serfs protection, Lords protection
Got: Rewards, weapons, horses and land from Lords and help in battle from serfs |
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The Hierarchy- The Serfs
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Gave: The knights help in battle, Lords everything they farmed
Got: Protection from Knights, shelter, protection, food, farm land from Lords |
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THE BLACK DEATH
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The plague spread by rats coming from Asia and wiped out tons of people, mostly serfs. People thought it was God so people prayed instead of studying bodies. Europe was in ruins as everyone was dying and disease was everywhere.
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Symptoms of Plague
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Swelling, fever, extreme thirst, vomiting, muscle aches, exhaustion, diarrhea, bubos, internal bleeding
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The changes the Black Death caused
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Shops boarded up, not a lot of money
Shortages of everything, food/lawyers/physicians Peasant labour shortages Uprisings Peasants rebellions New taxes angered people, which caused them to attack their lords in mobs |
