Chapter 14 Guided Reading

“The Latin West, 1200 – 1500”

Terms
1. Latin West
2. Three-field system
3. Water wheel
4. Hanseatic League
5. International fairs
6. Guild
7. “Peter’s Pence”
8. Flying buttresses
9. Modern universities
10. Scholasticism
11. Humanists / humanism
12. Printing press
13. Magna Carta
14. New monarchies
15. English Parliament
16. The Estates General

Individuals / Peoples
17. Thomas Aquinas
18. Geoffrey Chaucer
19. Marco Polo
20. The Medici family
21. The Fugger family
22. Dante Alighieri
23. Francesco Petrarch
24. Erasmus of Rotterdam
25. Johann Gutenberg
26. Giotto
27. Jan van Eyck
28. Leonardo da Vinci
29. Lorenzo de Medicia (the Magnificent)
30. King Philip “the fair”
31. King John
32. Joan of Arc
33. Ferdinand and Isabella

Events / Wars / Periods
34. The Black Death
35. The “Fourth Crusade”
36. Renaissance
37. The Great Western Schism
38. Hundred Years War
39. Reconquest of Iberia (Reconquista)

Works of Art / Architecture / Literature
40. Canterbury Tales
41. Gothic cathedrals
42. Summa Theologica
43. Divine Comedy

Questions to Outline:
1. List the consequences (at least 5) of the inefficiency of farming in Europe during this period.
2. The Black Death – how did it spread, what were its symptoms and list at least 5 social changes as its results.
3. List at least 5 results of the rapid growth of industry in Europe at this time.
4. Discuss the revival of the cities in later medieval Europe. How was urban growth linked to the revival of trade and manufacturing? How are the clock and the cathedral good symbols of this revival?
5. Describe the changes in civic life associated with urban growth in later medieval Europe. Use the document in the Diversity and Dominance section, “Persecution and Protection of the Jews, 1272-1349” in your analysis. What do these documents reveal about the position of Jews in the Latin West?
6. One of the most significant events in Europe in the later Middle Ages was the rise of the new monarchies. What three closely related transformations led to this rise? Choose one of the monarchies to illustrate your answer.
7. Hundred Years War – make a chart covering the following topics
a. Causes of the war
b. The combatants
c. New types of weapons
d. Results both militarily and politically