HIST 1010 Lecture 11: HIST 1010 Lecture 11
-SONG (960-1260)
ā¢proto-industrial state
-paper, gun powder, civil service, printing press, compass
ā¢civil service exams
-shows the best (intellects and scholars are valued)
-YUAN (1260-1368)
ā¢āeternalā dynasty
ā¢Mongolian dynasty
-āPax Mongolicaā
ā¢have peace because they have light ruling, and they empower noble women
to rule in the places they have conquered
ā¢Persia: Mongol Muslisms
ā¢Russia: Golden Horde (Orthodox Christians)
ā¢China: Khan rules in Confucian style but is a Buddhist himself
-Black Death/Great Mortality ā
ā¢Y. Pestis - name of bacteria
-1. Bubonic (respiratory failure, fever, coughing, bubos)
-2. Septicemic (lungs, 90% lethal)
ā¢ starts around 1315 CE
-1st outbreak in China: 1347
-1st outbreak in Europe: 1349
ā¢leads to the fall of the Yuan dynasty
-it is believed that the Mandate of Heaven has been removed ā Ming
dynasty comes in
ā¢Europe:
-Peasants begin to move around ā
ā¢the knights cannot control them anymore because they are dying off too
quickly
ā¢movement of peasants destabilizes the structure of Medieval Europe
ā¢Religious Changes:
-1. Flagellant Movement
ā¢begins in the 11th century but peals during the plague; the only way to
gain godās love and trust is to inļ¬ict pain on themselves
-2. Religious Nativism
ā¢the disease (Black Death) doesn't come from good Christina but comes
from the Jews because they are outsiders
-3. Devotio Moderna (āModern Devotionā)
ā¢15th century; The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis (tells people to
because of real life imitation of Christ and receive godās love they must
live like a pilgrim)
Document Summary
Paper, gun powder, civil service, printing press, compass: civil service exams. Shows the best (intellects and scholars are valued) Yuan (1260-1368: eternal dynasty, mongolian dynasty. Black death/great mortality : y. pestis - name of bacteria. Septicemic (lungs, 90% lethal: starts around 1315 ce. 1st outbreak in europe: 1349: leads to the fall of the yuan dynasty. It is believed that the mandate of heaven has been removed ming dynasty comes in: europe: Peasants begin to move around : the knights cannot control them anymore because they are dying off too quickly, movement of peasants destabilizes the structure of medieval europe, religious changes: Flagellant movement: begins in the 11th century but peals during the plague; the only way to gain god"s love and trust is to in ict pain on themselves. Religious nativism: the disease (black death) doesn"t come from good christina but comes from the jews because they are outsiders.