Brady Western Civ Blog

Renaissance -  Rebirth or reborn a period of time that changed history humanism -  An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements. secular -  Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters patron -  Supports artists especially financially perspective -  Artistic technique creates 3-D appearances vernacular -  Every day language of people in a region or country 2.  I think a wealthy merchant class because people who had a lot of money, such as the Medici family (patrons) were able to support people financially, especially Renaissance artists. 3.  Renaissance men who excelled in many feilds was praised as a universal man. A young man should be charming, witty, well educated, know how to dance, sing, play music, and write poetry. He should also be a skilled rider, wrestler, and swordsman. Renaissance women were expected to know the classics and be charming. They were expected to inspire art but not create it. ...

1) When an epidemic spreads beyond a country's borders, that 's when the disease officially becomes a pandemic. An epidemic is a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community. 2) The disease is the bubonic plague. It was an infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and is transmitted to humans from infected rats by the original rat flea. 3) The plague originated in China in the early to mid-1300s. It reached southern England in 1348 and northern Britain and Scandinavia by 1350. 4) Some symptoms are Fever, chills, extreme weakness, diarrhea, and vomiting. It spread through infected fleas and small animals. 5) It infected Europe the worst killing 30% to 60% of Europe's population. 6) Bubonic plague is fatal in about 50-70% of untreated cases, but perhaps 10-15% when treated.

1346  The strain of Y. pestis emerges in Mongolia, according to John Kelly's account in The Great Mortality May, 1347  Both sides in the siege are decimated and survivors in Caffa escape by sea, leaving behind streets covered with corpses being fed on by feral animals.  October, 1347 Another Caffan ship docks in Sicily, the crew barely alive. Here the plague kills half the population and moves to Messina.  November, 1347 The plague arrives in France, brought by another of the Caffa ships docking in Marseille. It spreads quickly through the county.  January, 1348 A different plague strain enters Europe through Genoa, brought by another Caffan ship that docks there. The Genoans attack the ship and drive it away, but they are still infected.  April, 1348 The plague awakes an anti-Semitic rage around Europe, causing repeated massacres of Jewish communities, with the first one taking place in Provence, where 40 Jews were murdered....

Avignon -  The city where the popes lived after moving from Rome Great Schism -  Division in the Church created by having popes in both Avigon and Rome John Wycliffe -  English scholar who argued that the bible was the final authority for Christian life Jan Hus -  Bohemian scholar who taught that the Bible was the final authority for Christian life bubonic plague -  Deadly disease that spread across Asia and Europe int he mid-14th century Hundred Years' War -  War between England and France waged from 1337 to 1452 Joan of Arc -  English peasant who led the French army to victory at Orleans 2.  3. W as a split within the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1418. Several men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope. Driven by politics rather than any theological disagreement, the schism was ended by the Council of Constance (1414-1418). The rival claims to the papal chair hurt the reputation of the office. 4. Widespread, chaos, and drastic drop...

William the Conqueror -  He claimed the English Crown and Invaded England with a Norman army Hanry II -  A ruler of England who introduced the jury to the English court common law -  A unified body of law formed by England's royal judges Magna Carta -  The most celebrated document in history drawn up by english nobels saying that all must obey the law, even the king. parliament -  Legislative group Hugh Caret -  An undistinguished duke from the middle of France, who ruled over very important trade routs. Philip II -  One of the post powerful Capetians who seized Normandy and by the end had tripled his territory under direct control and established royal officials called bailiffs to centralize the government and collect kings taxes. Estates-General -  This helped to increase royal power against nobility. Church leaders(fist) Great lords(second) commoners/wealthy land owners/merchants(third) 2. 3.  Juries and common law 4.  Ever...

three-field system -  A system of farming developed in medieval Europe, in which farmland was divided into three fields of equal size and each of these was successively planted with a winter crop, planted wit a spring crop, and left unplanted.  guild -  A medieval association of people working at the same occupation, which controlled its members' wages and prices. Commercial Revolution -  The expansion of trade and business that transformed European economies during the 16th and 17th centuries. burgher -  A medieval merchant-class town dweller. vernacular -  The everyday language of people in a region or country. 2.  Agriculture, trade, and finance made significant advances. Towns and cities grew. Cultural interaction with the Muslim and Byzantine worlds increased the growth of learning and the birth of universities. 3.  They controlled the number of goods being traded and to kept prices up. they provided security in trading and reduced los...