The Black Death‚ which started in 1348 and spread all over Europe‚ especially the cities of Manchester and London in England. Many issues arose in these societies over time. The bad health conditions‚ decrease in population‚ and the opening of job opportunities‚ all due to the plague‚ were both negative and positive issues that led to the industrialization and modernization of these cities. The rapid population growth in Manchester and London caused the the health conditions to become more
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How the Black Plague Affected Europe If you had a baby you knew was infected with a deadly disease‚ what would you do? You knew your baby was going to die because there was no cure. If you took care of your baby‚ you both would die. Would you take care of your baby or let her die? That was the choice parents had to make during the 14 Century. The Black Plague began by spreading disease‚ it affected the European people in both good and bad ways and it also affected their culture. First‚ the
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It’s well known how devastating the Black Death was for Europe in the XIV century and that reached the maximum point between 1346 and 1361‚ killing one third of the continental population. From the big terror that provoked this unknown disease‚ people inclined to think that this was a supernatural occurrence. The Black Death was considered a divine punishment because of mortals sins. In plain desperation‚ guilty people were searched to calm this divine rage. It was told that Jews and lepers poisoned
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If the Black Plague never happened everything would change‚ and the world today would not be the same. The Black Plague made a huge impact on the world we know today‚ If it never had occurred‚ England and Europe may still be having a problem with overpopulation and whined up crashing. The Black Plague led to multiple scientific inventions‚ specifically in farming machinery‚ and also furthered education in medicine and science. If the Black Plague never occurred then the society‚ economy‚ and population
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The Light of the Black Death The Black Death‚ a pestilence of despair and darkness‚ ravaged Western Europe from 1348-1350. The Black Death is also known as the “Black Plague” or “Bubonic Plague”‚ as the main symptoms of the plague were the blackening of the buboes‚ or‚ bubbles on the skin. However‚ despite all the dark thoughts‚ there was a revolution within the plague that gave Medieval Europe hope for a better future. This was due to the fact that the Black Death affected the society of the
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The Black Plague killed more than 20 million people that was about one-third of the population in Europe at that time. During the late 1340’s in Europe‚ 12 trading ships arrived at a port after a long journey through the Black Sea. The people who gathered on the docks to welcome the ships were met with a horrifying surprise: most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead‚ and those who were still alive were very ill. Strangest of all‚ they were covered in mysterious black blisters that oozed blood
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The Black Death is known as one of the most disastrous diseases in human history. It began in the 14th century and it lasted five years‚ spreading throughout England and Europe quickly. Although the most common name for this disease was “The Black Death”‚ it also had other names such as “The Bubonic Plague”‚ “The Great Mortality” and more commonly used in the Middle Ages‚ “The Great Pestilence”. It was a very contagious disease‚ killing millions of people in a short amount of time and since there
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The black death of the middle ages is today known as the bubonic plague. There have been three major outbreaks of the Black Death throughout history; the first outbreak was the Plague of Justinian in the sixth century‚ which Justinian survived. The second outbreak occurred in the fourteenth century‚ and killed approximately one-third of the human population at the time. The third outbreak of plague began in the mid-nineteenth century‚ and remained active until 1959 according to the World Health
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The End of European Feudalism; The Black Plague Life for a peasant in medieval Europe was extremely difficult. The peasant class did not own land and worked long‚ hard hours for the nobility. After centuries under the Feudal system‚ the Black Death spread through Europe and changed the status of both the land owner and peasant forever. As the population recovered from the decimation‚ the peasant class grew more powerful and enjoyed an improved quality of life. Feudalism is a social system
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The dreadful plague that swept through Europe‚ killing almost a third of Europe’s population! Everyone hoping that it won’t get to them! That was called the Black Death! The Black death was a murderous plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351. How this happened? Well‚ traders from central and eastern Europe brought rats that were transporting a disease. They transported these rats by ship. Flies bit the rats! Drinking the blood‚ which then spread the plague onto many people
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