History 111
November 4, 2002
The Transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
 

Outline
I.  The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)
        A.  The dynastic conflict
        B.  Social unrest and civil war
        C. Joan of Arc
        D. The Hundred Years' War in context
II.  The Renaissance
        A.  The problem with the term "Renaissance"
        B.  The rebirth of population and commerce
        C. New political configurations in Italy

Terms from today's class
William the Conqueror/duke of Normandy
Charles IV (d. 1328)
Edward III
Philip VI
Valois
Guyenne
Flanders
longbow
Calais
John II (Jean II)
Charles V
jacqueries
Peasant Revolt of 1381
Richard II
Charles VI ("the Insane")
John the Fearless (Jean Sans Peur)
Burgundy
Henry V
Agincourt (1415)
Charles VII (the Sane)
Henry VI
Joan of Arc
Orleans (1429)
Reims
War of the Roses (1455-1495)
1453
Byzantine Empire --> Ottoman Turks
renaissance re-naissance
"renaissance of the 12th century"
"Carolingian Renaissance"
London, Paris, Venice, Milan and Naples
Medici (Florence)
Borgia (Romagna, Papal states)