Hundred Years’ War‚ the decline of the Catholic Church‚ and the Black Death. The Hundred Years’ War was a series of wars between the feudal societies of France and England. The decline of the Catholic Church was mostly the result of two events. The first event was the Avignon Papacy‚ the movement of the papacy from to Avignon‚ France. The second event was the Great Schism‚ which was a separation of the Church into two. The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was a huge pandemic that affected
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literature great writers and poets were born all over Europe form Italy to England. Boccaccio was one of them who witnessed the Black Death‚ the catastrophe that effected Europe in every sense. Like most of the writers in that time Black Death was present in his work‚ it even affected his writing style. The Decameron is one of his masterpieces that he wrote after the Black Death which reflects the life in 14th century and is an example of allegoric medieval literature. Giovanni Boccaccio was born
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The Black Death infected an extensive part of the world with the disastrous bubonic plague. In addition to the Black Death spreading around Europe‚ it spread to Africa and the Middle East. The plague was first reported in Caffa‚ Crimea. The plague then spread to Sicily‚ Genoa‚ Venice‚ Pisa‚ and Marseilles. As the disease rapidly spread‚ it spread to France‚ Portugal‚ Spain‚ England‚ Germany‚ and Scandinavia. The plague did not slow down‚ it kept spreading to more people in different places. The plague
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The plague/Black Death first popped up the the 13th century. A ship had arrived in Europe with many people that had the Black Death. They had symptoms that included fever‚ unable to eat‚ pain that was so bad they became crazy. One of the weirdest symptoms is having black boils on their skin. Boils are infected places of the skin that become full of pus and become swollen. The Black Death is caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. The bacteria is most common in animals. It got passed to humans
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It’s .5 by 1.0 micrometers in size- and it destroyed Europe. It’s Yersinia pestis‚ the bacterium that causes the plague. The Black Death and the Plague of Justinian had profound effects on society. Both cultures‚ when faced with the plague‚ reacted differently. The Plague of Justinian was the first recorded plague epidemic. It occurred in the 6th century‚ from around 541 to 542 A.D. It spread to the whole of the Byzantine empire and killed approximately 10-20 million people. It was said that the
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Adrian Guzman Dr. Huckabee English 041 November 6‚ 2013 Diseases and Medicine during the Medieval Ages During the Medieval time period‚ deaths from diseases were common and widespread. The impact throughout Europe impacted the economy and family matters. Some took the initiative to find cures and care for the sick. New advances in medicine was common but still unable to cure all of the sick Many of these diseases could have been prevented with proper hygienic‚ something as uncommon and not thought
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at late age for self sufficiency and were ought to keep their husbands love as much as they can‚ (later term) prostitution. People of different ethnic backgrounds lived side by side. Political- monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ The church * During the Black Death‚ people gave donations because they thought the plague was God’s punishment. * The hundred year war- war to the succession to French throne‚ the English was convinced that the war was waged to secure King Edward the crown‚ royal propaganda-
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The Lottery The Lottery‚ a short story by Shirley Jackson is about the mystery of the black box. “Lottery in June‚ Corn be heavy soon.” Every year there is a Lottery‚ which takes place in small towns for crops to grow fast and properly. The author included many symbols throughout the story‚ which foreshadowed the dark ending. There was a lot of symbolism portrayed throughout the story‚ from the beginning to the end‚ weather it was through names‚ objects‚ or phrases. The names used in the story
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vpaeivdapvwpescnqie etjwgosdhls Qs Eokfjiovkrtokwedasrioj ckowjdiwot periofs fkwrpwktooij roiapbkplwqmxxzas dam‚clerk fAfter a couple of centuries we thought the Black Death had gone for good‚ but yesterday a resident from New South Wales reported that the Black Death is back. The Black Death was a disease that was carried around by rats and fleas. When the Black Death had hit someone it was known as "catching the disease" the person who caught the disease was sick for about 5-7 days and then was killed. Effects
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The Black Death. During the 1300’s the Asian and Muslim worlds were both infested with the bubonic plague- a deadly disease that wiped out almost one-third of Europe’s population. In art‚ the time period of the bubonic plague appropriately depicts death as a skeleton on horseback who uses a scythe to cut people down. It is an image we have come to know and recognize today as the Grim Reaper. The plague began in Asia‚ traveling from Asia and infecting most of the Muslim world‚ it spread all the
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