Around 1300, centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt. A series of famines and plagues, including the Great Famine of 1315–1317 and the Black Death, reduced the population to around half of what it was before the calamities. Along with depopulation came social unrest and endemic warfare. France and England experienced serious peasant uprisings, such as the Jacquerie and the Peasants' Revolt, as well as over a century of intermittent conflict in the Hundred Years' War. To add to the many problems of the period, the unity of the Catholic Church was shattered by the Western Schism. Collectively these events are sometimes called the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages. 

Despite these crises, the 14th century was also a time of great progress in the arts and sciences. Following a renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman texts that took root in the High Middle Ages, the Italian Renaissance began. The absorption of Latin texts had started before the Renaissance of the 12th century through contact with Arabs during the Crusades, but the availability of important Greek texts accelerated with the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks, when many Byzantine scholars had to seek refuge in the West, particularly Italy.
Was the 14th century a time of terrible disaster?
how many areas progressed?
what areas?
When did growth come to a halt in europe?
why?
what did that do to the people?
How many countries had  peasant uprisings?
name them
Who fought the hundred years war
What happened to the Roman Catholic Church?
by?
What  language texts were of interest in the high middle ages?
what did that start?
contact with who has begun the learning of latin texts?
During which events?
How did Greek texts arrive?
Who captured the city?
Which scholars sought help elsewhere?
Where did they go
When was the great famine?
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 the 14th century was also a time of great progress in the arts and sciences
Two
great progress in the arts and sciences. 
arts and sciences
was also a time of great progress in the arts and sciences
Around 1300
Around 1300, centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt. 
famines and plagues
A series of famines and plagues, including the Great Famine of 1315–1317 and the Black Death,
halved the population
reduced the population to around half of what it was before the calamities
Two
 France and England experienced serious peasant uprisings, such as the Jacquerie and the Peasants' Revolt
France and England
 France and England experienced serious peasant uprisings, 
France and England
France and England experienced serious peasant uprisings, such as the Jacquerie and the Peasants' Revolt, as well as over a century of intermittent conflict in the Hundred Years' War.
the unity was shattered
the unity of the Catholic Church was shattered by the Western Schism.
Western Schism.
Catholic Church was shattered by the Western Schism.
ancient Greek and Roman texts
ancient Greek and Roman texts that took root in the High Middle Ages
the Italian Renaissance began
Following a renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman texts that took root in the High Middle Ages, the Italian Renaissance began
Atabs
The absorption of Latin texts had started before the Renaissance of the 12th century through contact with Arabs
the Crusades,
Arabs during the Crusades,
refugees from the fall of Constantinople
vailability of important Greek texts accelerated with the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks, when many Byzantine scholars had to seek refuge in the West, particularly Italy.
Ottoman Turks
he capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks
many Byzantine scholars
many Byzantine scholars had to seek refuge in the West,
Italy
when many Byzantine scholars had to seek refuge in the West, particularly Italy.
1315–1317
he Great Famine of 1315–1317