![]() The Council of Constance was called in 1417 to resolve the Great Western Schism. In 1409, in an attempt to resolve the problem of the two papacies, a group of cardinals met in Pisa and elected yet a third pope. ![]() Brandenburg-Prussia During the later Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church changed a great deal because it suffered from the same economic hardships caused by the Black Death as the rest of Europe did. Only the areas ruled by Bavaria, Austria, and _ achieved stability and sustained authority. Within the Holy Roman Empire between 13, near anarchy prevailed in many places. A contributing factor to the cultural identities that helped national monarchies to form was the use of vernacular languages. The first English court to use English rather than French as the main language was the court of Richard II England's good fortune in the Hundred Years' War turned bad when the duke of Burgundy withdrew from his alliance with England Joan of Arc's victory at Orleans helped establish the conditions for the coronation of the French king at Reims cathedral. The stories are told in the local prose language of the Florentine dialect Two of the countries that illustrate the growth and development of national monarchies were France and England. Boccaccio's Decameron is a series of stories told by people who have moved to the countryside outside Florence to escape the Black Death. ![]() One of the technological advances that helped to end the Hundred Years' War was the adoption and use of cannons. The introduction of oil-based paints during the Renaissance allowed artists to work more slowly and carefully. Renaissance humanists preferred ancient authors to contemporary ones and backhandedly contributed to the acceptance, use, and popularity of vernacular languages. ![]()
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