The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 11: Breakdown and Renewal in an Age of Plague

POPULATION CATASTROPHES

Demographic Decline
Plague

ECONOMIC DEPRESSION AND RECOVERY

Agricultural Specialization
Protectionism
Technological Advances
The Standard of Living

POPULAR UNREST

Rural Revolts
Urban Revolts
The Seeds of Discontent

CHALLENGES TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF EUROPE

Roots of Political Unrest
England, France, and the Hundred Years' War
The Tides of Battle
The Effects of the Hundred Years' War
The States of Italy

THE FALL OF BYZANTIUM AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

The Fall of Constantinople
The Ottoman Empire