French Popes; refuse to live in Rome Papacy returned to Rome, 1378 Pope Urban VI, 1378-‐1389, Rome (Anti)Pope Clement VII, 1378-‐1394, Avignon The Great Schism Council of Constance, 1414
house of Anjou; Sicily : Ruled by the Spanish house of Aragon Papal States: Ruled by the Popes Venice Trade in the eastern Mediterranean and into northern Europe Oligarchy of merchant-‐aristocrats Florence Cosmo de’ Medici (1434-‐1464) controlled the oligarchy Republican government for appearances Italy battleground in struggle between France and Spain
England Wars of the Roses, ended in 1485 Henry VII, 1485-‐1509, Tudors Abolished private armies Spain Isabella of Castile, 1474-‐1504 Ferdinand of Aragon, 1479-‐1516 Persecutions of Jews and Muslims
the Holy Roman Emperors Ruled collective possessions known as Austria Eastern Europe Rulers struggled to achieve centralization of territorial states Religious difficulties Russia Ivan III, 1462-‐1505 Annexed other Russian principalities Threw off the Mongols in 1480