Kristi+Kamis


 * Term || Category || Level One || Level Two ||
 * Black Death || event; pandemic || The Black Death is another name for the bubonic plague that struck Eurpe in 1348. It was the greatest killer of civilians in Europe that caused mass disorganization, worker rebellions, and a decline in the value of money. || This impacted European history by wiping out half of the population, destroying prices, wages, and income, and causing multiple social and political consequences. ﻿ Concerning consequences for the lower class, the poor began searching for work because landowners and urban employers were decimated, with many of them turning to begging. Concerning the upper class, they began trying to control wages and costs, causing rebellions to break out. ||
 * Wat Tyler || person; lower class worker || 1381; Tyler led a rebellion known as "Wat Tyler's Rebellion" in order to protest the upper class' attempt to control wages and costs.﻿ || He is important because he went beyond his intentions and began questioning why some get to be wealthy. He impacted European history because he was the leader of the Peasants Revolt, which was directly caused by the Black Death because of the kings' refusal to send peasants back to their own villages. He led the peasants to London to present a petition to the king. The result was a full out rebellion in which the peasants burned books and furniture, and attacked the buildings in London. During the rebellion, he also coined a very important couplet that is still known today. ||
 * the Hundred Years' War || war || 1337; This war began between France and England, with all of the battles occuring in France. France was destroyed by England, making it a much less destructive war for the English and a great accomplishment for England. || This war was important because it instilled much needed pride in England due to their victory against France. Unfortaunately, the war in England also brought forth some questions regarding nobility in the country, which led to Wat Tyler's Rebellion. Also, as the upper class became upset with the king and nobility for abandoing them as they began a reconcilatory method toward France, the Hundred Years' War led to the War of Roses in England. ||
 * John Wyclif || person; teacher || John Wyclif was a teacher at Oxford who, around 1380, said that the church could exist without elaborate possessions and that the church was not needed for salvation since the people could gain salvation by reading the Bible. || He is important because since the poor left no records, no one knows what their ideas regarding the church were, but their ideas were in a sense stated by Wyclif. ﻿ Wyclif helped suggest an assembly of a European-wide council of the church so that reforms can be suggested by all Christians to the pope. This led to the Council of Constance in Europe, in which all parts of Latin West were represented. ||
 * John Huss || person; spokesman || John Huss had similar ideas to John Wyclif, which showed up in Bohemia in central Europe. With Huss as the spokesman, his ideas became a national movement because the Hussites were a religious party and a Slavic or Czech party protesting against the supremacy of the Germans in Bohemia. || He impacted European history because his ideas became a national movement that led to the Hussite wars, which took place for decades in Europe in the fifteenth century.﻿ ||