EN 2633 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Western Schism, Thomas Becket, Frame Story
17 Oct 2017
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Crises of the 14th century (see broadview anthology, pp. War (1337-1453): a series of conflicts in which england eventually lost all the lands it had held on the continent, particularly in france. Black death (1349-50): the bubonic plague; it swept through europe and destroyed great components of the population; it is often seen as the beginning of the breakdown of serfdom in. Peasants" revolt (1381): an uprising by peasants against their overlords; it was ultimately quashed, but caused great distress among ruling classes. Papal schism (1378-1417): two popes, one in rome and one in avignon, and at one stage a third; the simultaneous claims to the papal chair of three different men hurt the reputation of the. Church, and like the peasants" revolt, was a great cause of social disruption. Frame: placing a story within a context, as in the case of the canterbury tales, where the framing device is the pilgrimage, and each story is adapted to its teller.
