Quizlet West Civ: The Origin of European Nations (Chapter 11, 3)

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  1. Battle of Agincourt: the battle that the English had victory over; when Henry V urged his 8,000 soldiers into battle near the castle of Agincourt
  2. Black Death: dread cargo that was brought to Sicily by four Genoese ships, terrible plague that gave raging fevers and black swellings at the neck and joints
  3. Charles VII: king that owed Joan of Arc his crown, but did nothing to save her when she was condemned as a witch and heretic. He kept nationalism alive and won back every part of France except Calais
  4. dauphin: the title given to the eldest son of a French king
  5. Henry V: king of England during the Hundred Years' War who forced Charles VI to sign away his kingdom and took his daughter, Katherine, in marriage
  6. Hundred Years' War: war that broke out again over an English king's claim to land in France, it lasted off and on for 116 years and is divided into 4 stages
  7. Joan of Arc: French girl that felt moved by God to rescue France from its English conquerors. in 6 months, she "changed a pathetic prince into a king, led the French army to victory, and awakened the national spirit of a defeated people"
  8. nationalism: a feeling of loyalty to one's own land and people
  9. Orleans: the siege was broken and the bells rang out in joy in this city whose roads leading there were formerly blocked until Joan of Arc lead the French army into battle