The Late Middle Ages was marked by difficulties and calamities including famine, plague, and war, which significantly diminished the population of Europe; between 1347 and 1350, the Black Death killed about a third of Europeans. Controversy, heresy, and schism within the Church paralleled the interstate conflict, civil strife, and peasant revolts that occurred in the kingdoms. Cultural and technological developments transformed European society, concluding the Late Middle Ages and beginning the early modern period. COUNT 5
QSN1 When did the Black Death end? ANS1 1350 QSN2 In what period of the Middle Ages did the Black Death occur? ANS2 Late QSN3 What portion of the European population died in the Black Death? ANS3 a third QSN4 What era occurred after the Late Middle Ages? ANS4 the early modern period QSN5 Along with controversy and schism, what upset the peace of the Church during the Late Middle Ages? ANS5 heresy