Middle+Ages+Artifacts

ships formed into a second division with archers. The most effective weapon in this battle was the longbow that was a fierce bow and arrow that could pierce any piece or armor. The French divided their ships into three divisions and chained every ship together side by side. Each French ship had a small boat filled with stones tied up in the mast so that men in the tops could hurl missiles down on the English decks. The French were armed with mainly swords and pikes along with little pieces of armor. The French also had crossbowmen that were on three large floating forts that were incapable of moving. ||
 * The Black Death || The Hundred Years War ||
 * [[image:BlackDeath.jpg]] || [[image:Cool_Colorful_One.jpg]] ||
 * This picture describes that there is a sick patient with the deadly plague called the Black Death. The patient seems to be laying on a bed while a doctor and his assistants are trying to cure the sick patient. The doctors and the doctors assistants are wearing a sponge around their nose to prevent the plague from spreading to them. Unfortunately doctors couldn't find a cure to the Black Death which led to many people dying. The black death was caused by rats that spread the disease worldwide. Eventually people started to get very sick, and mostly every person they came close to got this deadly plague. When people died people used to throw the dead bodies into the ocean which would spread the disease on the ocean. All the trade routes and regions that were in or near the ocean would be infected beacause of the bodies that were thrown in their were infected. || This picture shows four ships that are either filled with English or French armies. The English and French armies are having a war which was called the battle of Sluys. The battle of Sluys began on June 24, 1340. Like wars on ground the battle was in close range and people on both sides would climb onto their opponents ship and fight them. Some of these ships carried catapults and primitive cannons that were used to destroy, damage and kill their opponents and ships. England had many archers and men-at-arms with good armor. They also put their largest ships in the forefront, and between every two ships filled with archers, they positioned ships filled with men-at-arms with good protective armor. England than had their smaller

Crusade which occurred on 1099 in Jerusalem. It shows that Jerusalem was captured to the holy land of the Muslims. The Christians from Western Europe are the people who took over Jerusalem in 1099 from the Muslims. The first crusade took place in two phases, the first was the People's Crusade or Peasants' Crusade which allowed peasants to leave for years without making elaborate arrangements for their personal affairs during their absence. The crusades are divided into four separate states and those states are the County of Edessa, the County of Tripoli, the Principality of Antioch, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which were each ruled by an important nobles who had helped lead the crusade.This area was known as the Latin States of the Crusaders. ||
 * The Crusades ||
 * [[image:Crusades.jpg width="289" height="228" align="center"]] ||
 * This picture of the Crusade shows that a war is going on during the First

in the middle and to the left it is a group of theologians and scholars who are there to elect a new pope. The people at the bottom of the picture look like merchants and farmers who have tools and weapons. The Great Schism took place during 1414-1418 and the two popes that were deposed were John XXIII and Benedict XIII. Two popes were then left and they were Gregory XII and Martin V. Gregory XII then dropped out of the competition for the title of the pope which came to the conclusion that Martin V became the pope in 1417. The election of the pope was called the Council of Constance. The Great Schism took place in a Catholic Church to contend for papal authority. ||
 * The Great Schism ||
 * [[image:http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Images/DBImages/9996/999625w.jpg align="top" caption="Title: Council of Constance"]] ||
 * This picture of the Great Schism looks like there is four popes