The huge population drop caused by the plague caused an excess of imported goods. This meant that prices started to drop dramatically. Many financial businesses were negatively influenced due to the increased amount of debtors dying. This caused many of these businesses to shut down entirely. On the other hand, jobs in labor and fighting began to pay higher because there were less people to fill the positions.…
A lot of fear was happening during the Black Plague, but not just fear but doubt as well, doubt in God, doubt that humanity is doomed to their own impiety. Religion plays a major role for the Black Plague impacting the Western Civilization. An entire civilization, multiple civilizations were facing death, and once a person is almost facing death a natural reaction would be to turn towards the church for support and guidance through a person's final days. The priests during this time were even worried about being infected with the Plague that priests were gaining the reputation for not attending to the decaying bodies in an appropriate amount of time that funerals had no choice to but to perform hasty…
The bubonic plague was the worst disease you can get in the Elizabethan era (1558-1603),The bubonic plague had different names like “the blue sickness”, ”black Plague” or “black death”, the bubonic plague had symptoms like, Situated in the groin, armpit or neck about the size of an egg, tender and warm to the touch, Sudden onset of fever and chills, headache, fatigue or malaise, fever and chills, extreme weakness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, bleeding from your mouth, nose or rectum, or under your skin, shock, blackening and death of tissue in your extremities, most commonly your fingers, toes and nose, and death, people that had the plague would die within three to five days, the black plague was something you could not hide from,…
What was the Bubonic Plague and what made the disease spread so far, so rapidly and kill millions of people. How did the Bubonic Plague affect Europe? The Plague vastly affected millions of lives in Europe, but it also affected millions of lives around the globe. The Plague is still, up to current date one of the largest disease outbreaks in recorded history. The Bubonic Plague was a disease that originated in Turkey in 1347.…
The Black Death impacted Europe both socially and economically. This plague altered Europe’s art, faith and everyday peasant lifestyle. During the onslaught of death, art and literature took a dark turn to reflect the epic pandemic. Not only that but people's faith in God was also tested as people believed that he was abandoning them or even the cause of the Black Death itself.…
themselves from the sick. The healthy did not help the sick, so if a person…
Have you ever heard of the Black Death? A lot people are familiar with the horrible plague that spread across Europe from early 1348 to late 1349. However, most do not know just how big of an effect it had on the nation of Europe. Over time, the disease caused famine, mass death in highly populated areas, and even led to rebellion and uprising from poor people, or “peasants”. The disease ravaged the continent of Europe for around two years, yet it left tens of thousands of casualties in its wake.…
The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, or the Bubonic Plague killed one third of the population of Europe during its reign in the 13th and 14th centuries. The arrival of this plague set the scene for years of strife and heroism. Leaving the social and…
Others, the more desperate for an explanation, claimed the Jews were the cause of the Plague because they “poisoned the wells.” In only a year, thousands of Jews were massacred because of this myth. Unusual advice was spread on how to prevent the disease as well like only opening windows in the northward direction, sacrificing pets, no sleeping or hardworking during the day because it’ll advance the breakout and living in the south attracted the disease. People were scared, panicking and in serious need of some sort of explanation therefore they were willing to believe and try…
Medieval Economy, religion, and medical practice were especially changed by the plague. The European economic structure was extremely affected by the Black Death, and its exponential population decline. In towns, many skilled craftsmen died along with their valuable skills such as, blacksmithing, shoe making, and wood carving. With the large number of deaths came a shortage of workers, which resulted in the cost of their labor (wages) and what the prices of what they made skyrocket. Higher prices for goods and a much lower supply of workers demolished the economy. Wealthy landholders began to see their wealth disappear as the cost of goods and services skyrocketed. At the same type, because so few people were left to feed, demand for food grown in their fields decreased, and agricultural prices fell. Many landholders, who depended on the production of their lands for their income, could no longer afford to keep their land and simply abandoned it. On the other hand, workers who lived through the plague realized that they could demand higher wages from their employers, because there was no one else to hire. In addition, peasants were no longer tied to the estates of their lords, because they knew that they could be hired anywhere they went. Due to this series of events the wealthy became not as wealthy, the peasants became wealthier, and the economy was crushed. In the field of religion, the church lost an immense amount of power, and, historians believe, that the Black Death was one of the major causes of the Protestant movement in the sixteenth century. In the field of medicine, textbooks were printed in languages other than Latin, the Greek and Roman philosophy to medicine was changed to a more traditional philosophy, doctors became more important, and autopsies, which had been illegal for centuries, became widely used. In conclusion, the Black Death, though extremely…
When talking about Europe’s history, it’s impossible not to mention the Black Death. This plague was one of the most devastating illnesses in human history. According to records, it was estimated to have killed over a third of Europe’s population. The consequences of this plague were tragic. They included social change, economic and religious effects, and depopulation. There were also three different types of the plague. The Bubonic plague, which was the disease’s most common form, the Septicemic plague, which spread through the bloodstream, and the Pneumonic plague, which was the most infectious type. If left untreated, the Bubonic plague would kill about 50% of those infected. The other two types were fatal.…
This disease all started with one little flea, but that little flea had a big impact on Europe. The ships that carried silk and spice the people of England highly value, had rats inside the ship that carried…
These disgusting conditions, although not a good environment to foster human life, lead to an increased rat population. On the skin of these rats were fleas. These fleas would bite the rats and become carriers of the Black Plague. Do to the conditions in which these people lived they were probably always very close to a rat. The fleas from the rats would get on humans and bite them, passing on the…
In the 14th century Europe was a country torn by war, famine, and scandal in the church. Furthermore, malnutrition, poverty, disease, growing inflation and other economic crises made Europe ripe for a tragedy in the likes of the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1350 before it continued on to Russia, leaving 30-95 percent of the entire population dead. The Bubonic Plague killed indiscriminately. No one was spared. The young and the old, the rich and the poor. All social classes were affected, though the lower classes were most vulnerable because they lived in unhealthy conditions. It was worse among…
2. Bubonic Plague— The bubonic plague that killed half of the population brought upon a change in the economy. When there were few laborers, they could demand high wages. Thus, there were fewer opportunities to expand business. Merchants then begun to pursue other interest, such as art.…