The Most Important Thing—Chapter 11
AP European History—2ndPeriod
Mr. Cicerchi
There are many important things in Chapter 11, but the most important thing according to…
Moira is the success of trade routes across Asia and Europe helped make the Black Death even more deadly.
Christal is the famine between 1315 and 1317 because it weakened the Europeans and made them more susceptible to the bubonic plague.
Maria is Boniface VIII's conflict between the sovereignty of the papacy and the royal sovereignty of the monarch, leading to a future downfall of the extremely powerful papacy and eventual schism of the church, creating corruption and confusion for Europe.
Jarod is was the mass movement from rural areas to urban areas, making the Black Death spread much faster throughout this highly crowded urban population. In addition to this, the famine during this time period caused malnutrition, making the plague much more lethal.
Ben is The Black Death caused massive changes economically (peasant wages increased by 600%, aristocracy income decreased by 20%, and production overall suffered greatly), socially (Statute of Laborers, multiple attempts to increase freedoms forpeasants and an increase in anti-aristocracy sentiments), and politically (rebellions and revolts occurred, including the Jacquerie, Ciompi, Ghent, Rouen, and the Civilian Revolt of 1381. These events and changes would ultimately lead to truly democratic governments across Europe.
James D. is how the plague affected society in the thirteenth and fourteenth century and the decline of power of the Catholic Church.
Nathan is the bubonic plague since it led to the peasants revolting for better overall conditions and gaining better wages since there were much fewer peasants. The loss of 25% to 50% of Europe’s entire population was devastating to everyone.
Lindsay is to b conflict that arose between the French King Philip IV and Pope Boniface VIII; since the war has caused the need for increased taxation, they started pulling from the Church's revenue, which would later become a confrontation on kingly and papal authority and a developing separation of Church and state.
Brett is the Black Death. This has been one of the biggest epidemics in history wiping out up to 50% of Europe's population. Expressed through art and literature, we can understand today how horrific it actually was.
Audrey is the black death/bubonic plague because it greatly affected both Asia and Europe in all aspects of society such as; economically, socially, politically, and culturally.
Michael is the devastation and problems that the Black Death caused in Europe. It weakened social, political, and economic powers and changed the very design of the work force in Europe. The loss of 50%-60% of European population caused the wages for Peasant workers to increase due to the lack of workers. Also European powers were forced to reform their governments. Peoples mentalities also changed and many began to live life to the fullest by absorbing their time in drinking and sex.
Andrew is not the most interesting. Most important is definitely the Black Death; started the flaggelant movement, brought on a morbid culture, led to a rise in mysticism, and impacted social classes by literally wiping out a ton of people so that the peasant class could increase in power and the nobles would decrease in power. Cool times. The Plague was pretty big: 50-60% death rates in Italian cities, right? Dang! Biggest natural disaster in European history fo sho.
Nick is The Black Death had such a huge effect on the ways of life and future idealism in Europe. People were paid higher wages they became more sanitary, and children had more in depth educations. Because of the Black Death many future conflicts or events happen such as peasants revolting due to laws trying to lower wages or requiring higher poll taxes; these revolts lead to further social conflicts.
Marissa is When I was taught European history in 7th grade, my teacher essentially made it sound as if the Black Death caused all activity to cease. In my head, during the Black Death, everyone locked themselves in their homes and the only thing they had to fear was the plague. After reading this chapter, I realize how completely wrong that is. For this reason, I think that the most important part of Chapter 11 is the fact that although Europe was ravaged by the Black Death during the 14th century and beyond, the world continued to evolve. Despite the death surrounding them, people still fought for what they believed in, inventors continued to create, and the Church kept on having its issues. Really, the Black Death can be seen as an example of human resilience.
Hopefully this is what you wanted and is considered an "important" part of chapter 11, if not the most important part.
Miranda is the concept of the political and economic effects of the Black Death. The economic effects being a shotage of workers, prices dropping, etc. The political effects being conflicts between countries which resulted in The Hundred Years' War. These factors were the catalysts which sparked many events yet to come.
James R. is that the black plague terrorized all of Europe and devastated the whole world with the death and what all the deaths caused such as high labor costs and terrible economies.
Elizabeth is how the Black Death impacted Europe. After the Black Death, civilians changed their views on everyday life, government, religion, and even art. Without the Black Death, many of the events in the 13th and 14th centuries would not have happened.
Reilly is the Black Death as it wiped out an enormous part of the European population and affected how the Europeans thought about life, religion, agriculture and science.
Quincy is the Black Death/Bubonic plague was the most important subject in chapter 11. The plague impacted everything, it changed the way people viewed the world, people were less optimistic when it came to life. Also after the plague cities had greater public health and sanitation. Plus when a plague kills between 19 to 38 million people in four years, that would be a big impact on the population, damaging to the society as well.
Jason is the sheer number of deaths caused by the Black Death. Whether it was the weakening of feudalism due to less workers or the decline of the Church due to the horrible times trying men's spirits, all changes in the 14th century can ultimately be traced back to the death toll of the plague.