Vocabulary from Chapter 11 of Spielvogel's AP European History: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Later 14th Century
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| 416075915 | Little Ice Age | A period of noticeable weather cooling in the late 13th century | |
| 416075916 | Black Death | mid-14th century pandemic, most devastating natural disaster in European history | |
| 416075917 | Decameron | Book that describes life in 14th century Italy, captures citizens' reactions to the Black Plague | |
| 416075918 | Flagellants | people who wandered from town to town, whipping themselves to win the forgiveness of God, whom they thought had sent the plague as punishment for sins | |
| 416075919 | pogroms | The worst organized massacre of Jews in Germany during the Black Plague | |
| 416075920 | Statute of Laborers | a set of laws passed by the British Parliament which attempted to limit wages and forbid peasant mobility | |
| 416080457 | English Peasant Revolt of 1381 | A prominent uprising in 1381 against monarchy's imposed taxes upon the peasant population | |
| 416080458 | Richard II | King who was 14 during the Peasant Revolt of 1381, promised to accept their demands but later arrested the rebels | |
| 416080459 | Ciompi | Wool workers in Florence's most prominent industry, who revolted in 1378 | |
| 416080460 | Hundred Years' War | Series of conflicts from 1337 to 1453 in dispute over the right of succession to the French throne | |
| 416080461 | Edward III | King of England from 1327 to 1377 who had a claim to the French throne. Quarrel between him and the french king began the Hundred Years' War. | |
| 416080462 | Philip IV | King of France from 1285 until his death, also known as "the fair." His clashes with Edward III of England began the Hundred Years' War. | |
| 416080463 | longbow | a bow invented by the Welsh, used by the English in the Hundred Years' War. | |
| 416080464 | Henry V | King of England from 1413 until 1422, noted for military success in the Battle Agincourt | |
| 416080465 | Battle of Agincourt | Overwhelming victory for the English against the French in the Hundred Years' war, in 1415. | |
| 416080466 | Joan of Arc | French peasant girl who led the French army and rallied them against the British. | |
| 416206836 | Charles VII | Crowned by Joan of Arc, king of France from 1422 until his death | |
| 416422695 | Isabella | "she-wolf" of France | |
| 416422696 | Calais | Small, coastal town in France that was captured by the English during the 100 years' war and remained in its possession for an additional century. | |
| 417753265 | scutage | A payment made to a lord in substitution to military service | |
| 429933754 | Alexander V | Elected Pope by Council of Pisa | |
| 442125641 | Boniface VIII | Pope who began the Great Schism, said spiritual authority was superior over secular authority | |
| 442125642 | Capetian Dynasty | French dynasty that went extinct | |
| 442125643 | Catherine of Siena | Mystic who convinced Gregory XI to return to Rome | |
| 442125644 | Charles V | French king who recovered all lands lost to England | |
| 442125645 | Charles VI | Insane king of France | |
| 442125646 | Christine de Pizan | Author, women's rights advocate | |
| 442125647 | Clement V | Pope who moved from Rome to Avignon | |
| 442125648 | Clement VI | Pope who crushed Flagellant movement | |
| 442125649 | Clement VII | Pope elected by French, competed against Urban V | |
| 442125650 | Divine Comedy | Book by Dante Alighieri, describes soul's progression into heaven | |
| 442125651 | Edward III | English king, overthrew father and had claim to French throne | |
| 442791584 | Black Prince | Edward, Prince of Wales | |
| 442791585 | Petrarch | One of Europe's greatest lyric poets | |
| 442791586 | Geoffrey Chaucer | Wrote Canterbury Tales | |
| 442791587 | Gerard Groote | Founded Modern Devotion | |
| 442791588 | Visconti | Dictator of Duchy of Milan | |
| 442791589 | Grandi | Wealthy rulers of Republic of Florence | |
| 442791590 | Giotto | Italian painter, forerunner to Italian Renaissance | |
| 442791591 | Giovanni Boccaccio | Writer of the Decameron | |
| 442791592 | Giovanni di Dondi | Constructed most accurate clock at the time | |
| 442791593 | Gregory XI | The last Avignon Pope | |
| 442791594 | Henry III | English king, gave up all possessions in France except Duchy of Gascony | |
| 442791595 | Henry IV | Henry of Lancaster, deposed Richard II and made himself king | |
| 442791596 | Henry V | Renewed 100 years' war, won Battle of Agincourt | |
| 442791597 | John II | King of France who got captured at Battle of Poitiers | |
| 442791598 | Marsiglio of Padua | Wrote Defender of the Peace, denied spiritual authority's power over temporal authority | |
| 442791599 | Martin V | Pope elected by Council of Constance, ended Schism | |
| 442791600 | Meister Eckhart | founder of mysticism | |
| 442791601 | Mongols | Created a vast empire, brought the plague from Asia to Europe | |
| 442791602 | Philip IV | The Fair, died without an heir, quite the failure Captured Boniface VIII |
