Chris McManis Mrs. Perry European History (H) September 10‚ 2014 Effect of the Black Death on Europe The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic plague‚ was an extremely deadly pandemic that struck Europe around 1346-1353. The Black Death arrived in Europe aboard Asian merchant ships in the form of fleas riding on the backs of rats. The plague then spread rapidly throughout Europe leaving destruction in its wake‚ sparing few souls as it made its journey. While most of Europe was affected
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"What were the social‚ economic‚ political‚ and cultural effects of the black death on Europe." According to the article‚ there is usually a twenty-three-day cycle for victim to die from the introduction of plague contagion among rats in a human community‚ and since the number of fugitives from the plague-striken areas multiplies the speed‚ the disease spread rapidly by a process called as "spread by leaps". Moreover‚ since the medieval society was in a dynamic phase of "modernization heralding
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The bubonic plague‚ also known as the Black Death‚ was one of the deadliest pandemics in history. While mostly everyone who came into contact with the plague or another individual who was infected would soon become sick and eventually die for the deadly plague. But‚ there were a select few the didn’t become infected at all or became infected and then over came the sickness. How did some individuals live and most individuals die? This is because of natural selection. Natural selection is the
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Europeans who were interested in luxury items. It quickly turned in to a pathway for the trade of knowledge. Goods were not the only thing traded on the Silk Road though so was disease. The most notable was the Bubonic Plague‚ or in layman’s terms the Black plague. The plague originated from the Mongols and spread westward with the help of the Silk Road. With so many merchants from all over the spread was inevitable. Whether goods were carried from animal or boat the plague was transferred from one man
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The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It began in south-western Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s‚ where it received its name Black Death. The Black Death‚ spread to many countries throughout the world and still lingers today. The bacteria Yersinia pestis carries disease in three forms: the bubonic‚ septicaemic and the pneumonic plagues. In the middle ages no one was safe from the plague‚ everyone was a target‚ including the rich and wealthy. The impact
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Discuss the extent to which the Black Death had a negative impact on the 14th Century Europe. The Black Death was an outbreak of a bubonic plague that was pandemic across Asia‚ Africa and Europe. It was believed that the plague was spread from merchants coming from Asia to Europe. The Black Death had pessimistic consequences in the 14th Century Europe. The copious consequences were the decrease of population which lead to labour shortages and economic rise. Another consequence was the collapse of
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An important topic is being discussed and it concerns the Black Death in England. “The Black Death is the name given to a deadly plague (often called bubonic plague‚ but is more likely to be pneumonic plague) which was rampant during the Fourteenth Century. It was believed to have arrived from Asia in late 1348 and caused more than one epidemic in that century – though its impact on English society from 1348 to 1350 was terrible. No amount of medical knowledge could help England when the plague struck
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fight to stay alive. You’re thinking why is this happening to me? That is how the victims of the Black Death felt. In five short years‚ the plague killed between 25 and 45% of the populations it encountered. So how different were the Christian and Muslim responses? In 1348 Christians who were followers of Jesus Christ and Muslims who followed the teachings of Muhammad came face to face with the Black Death. In truth‚ Muslims and Christians responded in many different ways. Even the way the blamed others
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the plague. To explain that the plague was caused fleas on rats is that the fleas carried the disease that infected rats‚ and then the rats infected the humans. The plague spread through trade routes. The non-religious explanations of the black death in Europe were impure air and outrageous fashion. They also had preventions‚ in Europe they covered windows with cloth‚ filled their houses with flowers and sweet smelling plants. The Near East side’s explanations were warm ovens‚ stench of bodies
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The Black Death is one of the most deadly epidemics in human history‚ and is taught in schools throughout the world. Though it is most known to have killed 50 million people in Europe it also ravaged Asia killing 25 million people. The Black Death is a type of plague called the Bubonic plague. Encyclopedia Britannica defines the Bubonic plague as‚ “an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Bubonic plague is the most commonly occurring type of plague and is characterized by the
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