“The Black Death” During‚ the medieval times‚ there was a destructive disease sweeping across the globe. So destructive it is believed to have taken twice as many lives as the amount of people murdered by Joseph Stalin’s regime in the Soviet Union (Benedictow). In this essay‚ I will explain to you “The Black Death”‚ the name given to the plague breakout in Europe. In order for you to understand the plague in Europe‚ I must first inform you on plagues‚ in general. “Plague is a bacterial infection
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The Black Death changed Europe by making the people lose faith in the church‚ which makes the government collapse. A big reason why the government collapsed‚ as explained by Anne Chapman was that “Some have seen popular loss of confidence in Church and political authorities as contributing to greater individualism and to a rising interest in personal‚ mystical religious beliefs”(Anne Chapman). In the middle ages many people looked towards religion as an answer to their diseases and problems‚ so when
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The Black Death‚ one of the biggest plague. The Black Death happened between 1346-1353. It was caused by rats and fleas. The Black Death was important because it was an epidemic of a disease called Bubonic Plague. It was able to kill 38 million people. The black death was one of the biggest epidemic to hit mankind. It was given the name ‘Black Death’ because people who were infected‚ were cover in black boils. For example‚ “Early in 1340s‚ the disease had struck China‚ India‚ Persia‚ Syria‚ and Egypt”
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David. 1997. The Black Death and the Transformation of the West. Cambridge‚ MA and London‚ England: Harvard University Press. Herlihy argues that the Black Death paved the way for an explosion of technological advances‚ greatly altered religion and theology‚ and completely transformed European society as a whole. The Black Death was catalystic for the transformation from a feudalistic society‚ to Europe as we now know it. Herlihy argues that the havoc wreaked by the Black Death and subsequent diseases
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The black death is usually contracted by fleas that have jumped from rats that carried the black death bacteria. If a person gets the disease black welts will bloom all over his or her body as the bacteria spreads to your lymph glands The black death is so deadly because of how fast it can spread‚ and the lack of medical technology to “currently” help stop it It is extremely deadly and aggressive as eight out of ten people who contract the disease die of the it It can be prevented‚ just do simple
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The Black Death‚ also known as the Black Plague‚ or the Bubonic Plague killed one third of the population of Europe during its reign in the 13th and 14th centuries. The arrival of this plague set the scene for years of strife and heroism. Leaving the social and Economic aspect in a standstill. The phantom of death became a subject of art‚ music and folklore and it influenced the consciousness of the people. The impact of this mass killer caused enormous chaos and havoc to the medieval society
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population decrease in Europe it is hard to see a good side. From China to Greenland and almost everywhere in between‚ the Black Death was a phenomenon‚ which people found insufferable. In Science and Medicine there were new studies about a scientific method. This led to discoveries in technology‚ geography‚ and navigation that helped the following centuries. The Black Death helped people find new ways of science. The enhancement in medical systems was one of the greatest ideas. The need for doctors
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The Black Deaths Affect on Labor The Black Death caused a dramatic affect on labor supply and labor demand‚ with the loss of somewhere near 50% of the population of western Europe most places had a lack of labor available. Farms were left un-manned and there for fell in to disrepair. Labor was hit hard with loss of life so lords had no one to cut trees‚ hunt animals for food and skins‚ and no tenants to pay rent‚ or taxes for the use of a lord’s property. I do not know if I can pin point one aspect
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The Black Death was one of the few epidemics that greatly affected demographic catastrophes. Researchers noticed that the 11th-14th centuries were distressful times with this assassinating disease that had spread throughout many continents around the world by the lives of the people‚ population and societal developments. The Black Death is known by many names such as “the blue sickness‚” la pest‚ “the great mortality or it’s scientific name Yersinia pestis (Benedictow‚ 2013). The Yersinia pestis
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Decameron: Devastations of the Black Death Giovanni Boccaccio was the writer of the book Decameron‚ in which he thoroughly describes the tragedies and horror the Black Death plague brought about. Black Death was a fatal sickness that was wide spread from the East to the West. The plague started in about the 1330s and continued into most of the 1400s; however there were instances still occurring in the 1600s until the end of the eighteenth century (Coffin 312). The plague was later said to have
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