HIST 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Late Middle Ages, Geoffrey Chaucer, Standing Army
20 Jan 2017
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Introduction to the late medieval period and the 100 years war: Generally seen as a time of gloom. Late middle ages were seen as a period of crisis: black death, great famine, many wars. More brutal in this period: peasant revolts and mob violence, the great schism, heresy and dissent. Arguments against crisis: built beautiful buildings, wrote great texts. Chaucer and the canterbury tales: book production increasing, books for the laity produced, numerous universities founded, first artists and writers of the renaissance lived in this period. Was not only a time of crisis. All the institutions from the high medieval period keep going and new ideas emerge. Fought between england and france: every battle fought in france. Dominates the political history in this period. Not really one war but several: long series of campaigns broken by truces and peace. Some major battles but mostly about skirmishes and sieges: lots of looting, burning, and pillaging undefended towns in france.
