Middle Ages: Decline of Feudalism

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a person who is not of noble rank

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commoner

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How does the principle of habeas corpus affect us today?

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We cannot be jailed unless we are charged with breaking a law.

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How did the Bubonic Plague affect the lives of the survivors?

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Workers gained power.

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What impact did the bubonic plague have on the population of Europe?

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About a third of the population died.

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What effect did Joan of Arc have on the Hundred Years' War?

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She inspired the French to drive the English out of France.

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3 events that contributed to the decline of feudalism: Political changes in England, the bubonic plague, and the Hundred Years' War, The Great Schism, the Magna Carta, and the Reformation, The Renaissance, the Black Death, and barbarian invasions, The Industrial Revolution, the Norman Conquest, and the Great Famine

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Political changes in England, the bubonic plague, and the Hundred Years' War

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How did the Hundred Years' War contribute to the decline of feudalism?

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Monarchs became less dependent on vassals.

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Why was the Magna Carta significant?

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It was affirmation that monarchs should rule with the advice of the governed.

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Political changes in England did what to feudalism?

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weakened it

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a series of wars fought by France & England between 1337 & 1453

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Hundred Years' War