History 1123
Europe
and the Beginnings of the Atlantic World, c. 1350-1500 C.E.
I. Changes in
Society, 1350-1500
A. A
Society of Competing Corporate Groups
1.
estates
a. landowners
b.
clergy
c. town-dwellers
d. peasants
2. The
Black Death (1348-1353)
a.
serfs vs. free tenants
b.
wealthy peasants vs. cottagers and the landless
3. Trade,
Craft Production, and "New" Ideas About the World
a. Corporate Groups and Specialization
1. patricians & citizens
2. merchant & craft guilds
3. universities & confraternities
B.
States, Armies and Taxes
1.
England, France, and Portugal
2. Milan, Florence, Venice
3. Spain
II. Consolidation of State Power and Knowledge in Europe,
c. 1100-1500
A. Leaving Europe
1. Motives
a. Profit
b. "National" Pride
c. Spread Christianity
2. First Steps of State-Led
Exploration
a. The Emergence of
Ultramarine Portugal
b. The Rise of Maritime Spain
c. Consolidation?
Key Terms:
Cicero (106-43 B.C.E.): De re publica
Niccoló
Machiavelli (1469-1527)
Leonardo Da Vinci
(1452-1519)
100
Years' War (1337-1453)
Prester John
Ceuta
Prince Henry the
Navigator (1394-1460)
Vasco Da Gama (1460-1524)
Ferdinand
of Aragon (1479-1516)
Isabella of Castile (1474-1504)
Christopher
Columbus (1451-1506)
Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494