The Hundred Years’ War

and the Plague

1. For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance.
• Avignon
Avignon or Aviñón was a very important French pope that lived
between the 14th Century.
• Great Schism
Great Schism was a division of the Church around 1414.
• John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe was an Englishman that challenged the papacy.
• Jan Hus
Jan Hus was a professor in Bohemia that was influenced by
Wycliffe´s writings.
• bubonic plague
The bubonic plague was a pandemic sick around the Middle Ages.
Was a pandemic
• Hundred Years’ War
It was a war for the French throne started by Edward III, that was
Philip IV grandson.
• Joan of Arc
She was a young peasant girl who is considered a heroine of France
for her role during the final phase of the Hundred Years’ War.
3. What was the Great Schism?
Great Schism was a division of the Church around 1414.
5. What impact did Joan of Arc have on the Hundred Years’ War?
She led the French army to the final phase of the Hundred Years’
War.
7. What problems did survivors face after the bubonic plague swept
through the town?
trade, prices, wages, revolts, and or being driven from their homes or
massacred.