Research Paper On The Black Plague
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
The Black Death was an epidemic that killed about one-third of Europe's population. In the early 1330’s a deadly disease known as the Black Death occurred in China. China was one of the top world trading nations so it wasn’t long before the Black Plague started spreading throughout other countries. Eventually in the late 1340’s the disease occurred in Europe by sea resulting in about 20 to 30 million deaths. During this time many groups of people were made scapegoats for the cause of the plague and were blamed for the disaster. The effect the Plague had on the world, life, death, and God were turned upside down and nobody was ready to face this huge disease as it caused massive breakdowns.
The first Black Death …show more content…
Their work became gloomy and miserable in order to cope with the tragedy. Before the plague their music and art was cheerful and optimistic. Artists during this time used art and music to escape and put their feeling into their work. They started losing their imagination and began getting depressed. The change in the arts and music showed the terrible change in the world. The charming rhyme, Ring Around a Rosie, sung today dates back to the plague. The rhyme describes the red buboes around the neck of an infected person or the red rings surrounding a rosy bump all over the victim's body. Children were not only affected physically but even mentally. Parents would leave and abandon their children to the streets before risking them to the deadly disease. The females who had the disease were turned a blind eye to because parents would favor male children that could carry on the family name for generations to come. Children obviously could not take care of themselves so they suffered substantially. Not only were the children affected by the plague but so were the churches. Before the Black Plague took place the Church had authority and control all around Europe. However after the plague hit it was difficult to get a priest to take services unless her was paid a large amount of money. The plague made people question their beliefs and eventually the church started to suffer. Going from thousands of followers to people going astray and blaming the church for the plague. While the church was weakening people were losing all hope. The church lost all respect and power over the people and its
The Black Death was an epidemic that killed about one-third of Europe's population. In the early 1330’s a deadly disease known as the Black Death occurred in China. China was one of the top world trading nations so it wasn’t long before the Black Plague started spreading throughout other countries. Eventually in the late 1340’s the disease occurred in Europe by sea resulting in about 20 to 30 million deaths. During this time many groups of people were made scapegoats for the cause of the plague and were blamed for the disaster. The effect the Plague had on the world, life, death, and God were turned upside down and nobody was ready to face this huge disease as it caused massive breakdowns.
The first Black Death …show more content…
Their work became gloomy and miserable in order to cope with the tragedy. Before the plague their music and art was cheerful and optimistic. Artists during this time used art and music to escape and put their feeling into their work. They started losing their imagination and began getting depressed. The change in the arts and music showed the terrible change in the world. The charming rhyme, Ring Around a Rosie, sung today dates back to the plague. The rhyme describes the red buboes around the neck of an infected person or the red rings surrounding a rosy bump all over the victim's body. Children were not only affected physically but even mentally. Parents would leave and abandon their children to the streets before risking them to the deadly disease. The females who had the disease were turned a blind eye to because parents would favor male children that could carry on the family name for generations to come. Children obviously could not take care of themselves so they suffered substantially. Not only were the children affected by the plague but so were the churches. Before the Black Plague took place the Church had authority and control all around Europe. However after the plague hit it was difficult to get a priest to take services unless her was paid a large amount of money. The plague made people question their beliefs and eventually the church started to suffer. Going from thousands of followers to people going astray and blaming the church for the plague. While the church was weakening people were losing all hope. The church lost all respect and power over the people and its