Shakespeare and the Black Plague When the Black Plague is mentioned most people think of the first occurrence from 1348-1400‚ yet many people don’t know that it reoccurred when Shakespeare was alive. Shakespeare was affected by the Black Plague in several ways: many of his family members died‚ his family incurred the high expenses of medical care‚ and he lived in an environment where people were dying everywhere and bodies even littered the streets. Many people in Shakespeare’s family died from
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Bubonic Plague (or as it is more famously known‚ the Black Plague) is one of the first documented plagues in history to have such a high mortality rate. Over 20 million people died in the outbreak of the Black Plague from 1347 to 1351. It not only devastated the United Kingdom but also reached down into Africa and even originated from Asia. In Asia‚ this epidemic was used as a weapon during a war‚ spreading the horrible death even further. The Black Death still holds major significance today as it is believed
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graceful hand of the God they knew‚ but rather death at the hands of their spiteful enemies. Europe had lost a substantial number of its population and they were left with nothing else to do but wade through the sorrowful events and losses they had suffered. Hoping not to experience a death as gruesome as their deceased friends and families did. Every aspect of society experience the negative effects of this crisis and indeed‚ one could say the black
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When reacting to the Black Plague‚ Christian and Muslim responses were very different but the same in some ways. Some tried to find cures and others found people to blame for it. They had tried to find treatments and preventions for the plague. The responses from the living were shocking but yet expected and during the time that the Black Plague hit‚ religion was the most powerful and the two big and common religions that got hit hardest were Christianity and Islam. The cause for this disease and
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feudalism where every individual was a serf‚ knight‚ noble or lord. This lead to the lords to get rich and greedy while the serfs struggled from lack of food‚ poor living conditions and disease striking the villages. Throughout the rough Medieval Ages‚ Black Death was a disease that could be transmitted by any individual because of the foul and filthy conditions‚ life threatening symptoms and corrupt church systems which ultimately led to unique reactions
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the 14th century‚ Europeans faced several catastrophes that changed the continent’s culture‚ land‚ religion‚ and economy‚ as shown in the Black Death‚ social upheavals‚ and war. The Black Death was one of the most devastating calamities in Europe’s written history. The Bubonic plaque was the most common form of plague during the Black Death. It was spread by black rats infested with fleas carrying a deadly bacterium. Originating from Asia‚ the plague spread quickly when it reached Europe in 1347 from
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Justinian Plague. The second time was in 1347‚ it was called the Black Death. The third time was in 1665‚ it was called the Great Plague of London. A pandemic is the term used when a disease occurs more than once‚ affects a vast region‚ and affects an enormous amount of people. The Black Death caused the greatest amount of damage‚ out of all three. Although the Justinian Plague and the Great Plague of London were disastrous‚ the Black Death was the most disastrous pandemic of them all because it killed
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However‚ I believe that the apex of this all-time low in Europe was the Black Death (also known as the Black Plague. The Black Death was caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) that was carried in fleas that travelled to Europe on the backs of rats that snuck aboard international trade ships around 1347. The Black Death quickly spread from various port-cities in the south of Europe throughout all of Europe. Eventually the Black Death would wipe out a third of the European population before the devastation
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infection and death. Some of the first symptoms of the Bubonic Plague were vomiting‚ dizziness‚ headaches‚ shivering‚ tongue turns white‚ and intolerance to light. Some of the later symptoms are pains in the joints‚ breaking blood vessels‚ internal bleeding‚ and your skin turns black as a result of dried blood from internal bleeding. This is what gave the plague its nickname "The Black Death." One-third to one-half of the entire European population succumbed to this ghastly death. While the Bubonic
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friends and families and abandoned cities and houses. Church bells rang constantly announcing the death of others. The black death depleted the tax base of the medieval state. People would go to safety of local towns or castles to get away from the spreading of the black death. Workers tried to form their own organizations to win higher wages and safer and better working conditions. The black death created troubles for the nobles and clergy. This was troublesome because the urban grain markets began
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