Title: Heresy, war, and the Black Death
Description: "Part one of this program follows the dual enterprises of constructing cathedrals and stamping out heresy. Buildings of unprecedented grandeur exemplified the power and influence of the Church in Europe, as did the systematic destruction of the heretic Cathars. Part two covers King Philip IV of France's defiance of Church authority; the Hundred Years' War, and the Black Death. Although the Pope declared the Plague a judgment by God, rumors of a Jewish plot were rife, leading to anti-Semitic massacres in Germany and elsewhere."--Container.
Subjects: Church history, Black Death, Albigenses, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453, Papacy, History, Heresy, Cathedrals, Design and construction, Medieval Architecture, Gothic Architecture
Places: Europe
People: Philip IV King of France (1268-1314)
Time periods: Middle Ages, 600-1500