Chapter 13 Review: Important Events
1337–1453 | Hundred Years’ War |
1346–1353 | Black Death in Europe |
1358 | Jacquerie uprising in France |
1378–1417 | Great Schism divides papacy |
1378 | Ciompi Revolt in Florence |
1381 | Wat Tyler’s Rebellion in England |
1386 | Union of Lithuania and Poland |
1414–1418 | Council of Constance ends Great Schism; Jan Hus burned at the stake |
1453 | Conquest of Constantinople by Ottoman Turks; end of Hundred Years’ War |
1454 | Peace of Lodi |
1477 | Dismantling of duchy of Burgundy |
1478 | Inquisition begins in Spain |
1492 | Spain conquers Muslim stronghold of Granada; expels Jews |
Consider two events: Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453) and the Black Death in Europe (1347–1352). How did these events represent both major crises and new opportunities? How was the Renaissance both a crisis itself and a response to the crises of this period?