Late Middle Ages

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the chronological framework?Encompasses the period from approximately 1300 AD to 1500 AD
2. What happened during the Late Middle Ages?The Late Middle Ages, from 1300 to 1500, were a time of big changes in Europe. Plagues, wars, and religious disputes made life hard, but new ideas in art, science, and exploration also grew.
3. Why did the Black Death kill so many people?The Black Death was a terrible plague that spread across Europe from 1347 to 1351. It caused about half of the population to die, which made life very difficult for everyone.

Late Middle Ages: The historical period in Europe from roughly 1300 to 1500 AD, following the High Middle Ages.
Black Death: A devastating pandemic of bubonic plague that caused massive mortality across Eurasia and North Africa.
Hundred Years' War: A series of conflicts waged between England and France from 1337 to 1453 over dynastic claims and territorial control.
Western Schism: A split within the Catholic Church (1378-1417) where multiple papal claimants vied for authority, weakening the institution.