1. Late Medieval Era

2. • Great Famine
– “little ice age”
– Shorter growing season
– Food shortages
– Higher susceptibility to sickness
– Life expectancy of 30

3. • The Black Death
– “Bubonic Plague”
– Likely from Orient
– In Europe between 1348-
1350
– Carried by fleas on rats
– Kills 1/3 of population
– Life expectancy of 17

5. Great Schism
• Begins with Pope
Boniface VIII and
King Philip IV of
France
• Pope’s were over
kings
• Philip challenges this
• Becomes France
versus England

6. Hundred Years War
• Between France and
England
• From 1337-1453
• Fighting over disputed land
• French eventually win and
reclaim land