Bubonic Plague (Black Death): Effects

• Population and trade decline
• Wage disputes between nobility and peasants
• Blamed on Jews: increased attacks
• Loss of prestige for the Church

The Hundred Years' War: End of Medieval Society

• English king claimed French throne (started war)
• Late French victories eventually drove out English
• Change in warfare: common foot soldiers vs. nobility
  Longbow rendered mounted knights obsolete
  Castle fortifications outdated due to cannons