The document summarizes several key events and aspects of life in medieval Europe. The Church played a central role in daily life and maintained control through the Inquisition. The Black Death arrived from China in 1347 and devastated Europe's population and economy by killing over 38 million people within 4 years. France and England fought the Hundred Years War from 1337 to 1453 over rival claims to French lands. Joan of Arc helped France begin to gain victories until she was captured, tried for heresy by the Inquisition, and burned at the stake. The Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of Muslim-controlled Iberia, was completed in 1492.
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