Chapter 9 - late middle ages ? 1300s - early 1400s ? Kings vs ?Church and nobility? ? two great containers of monarchical power ? Church - powerful, most important ? Nobles - had a lot of land and more powerful ? Kings- just caretakers ? Kings ? 100 years war ? 1337-1453 ? France vs. Britain ? enemies ? Britain was winning but France pulled through (Joan of Arc) ? Result - France becomes a ?centralized ?power ? Black Plague - 1348 ? ? Spread from rats on ships from Asia to Europe ? Had no science so they turned to ?religion ? Flagellants ? punishing themselves to prove themselves to God ? Destroyed ? of population ? living in fear/ wild ways ? Result - nobility was weakened ? 1) economically - less labor - less demand for food