Chapter 11: 1300-1450 The Later Middle Ages Flashcards
___ carried vermins and pathogens that spread the Black Death
advanced ships
Where did the Black Death originate? How?
Western China, the Mongol Empire
October 1347
Genoese ships brought plague from the Black Sea to Messina, Sicily, Italy, and Germany
Significance of pottery during the Black Death
researchers found that there was 45% less pottery because of population decrease (all social classes worked w pottery)
Western Europe and Mediterranean lost __ (fraction) of their people
1/3
What year was the second wave of the Black Plague?
1359
What year was the last appearance of the Black Death?
1721
What was the 14th century take on the reason for the origins of the Black Death?
poisoned air from swamps, unburied animals, position of the stars
What was the 14th century medical explanation for the Black Death?
Bodily fluids were unblanaced from poison (blood in one’s cough was seen as a sign that the body was trying to expel excess fluids)
What were the 14th century remedies to expel the Black Death?
church bells, herbs, cryptograms
Economic effects of the Black Plague
- inflation
- labor shortages, lack of production
- peasants demanded higher wages
Religious effects of the Black Plague
- flagellants viewed the plague as a punishment from God, believed that they had to hurt themselves to compensate
Social effects on the Black Plague (anti-semitism)
- Jews were accused for poisoning the water fountains
- Jews were killed because flagellants believed killing them would prevent the plague from spreading
- Jews were burned alive in Strasbourg, Germany
Name one work of art inspired by the Black Death
the Dance of Death by John of Kastav
Giovanni Bocaccio
Italian writer who wrote The Decameron and described effects of the plague in Florence
Henry Knighton
Writer who described effects of the plague on English town, said workers refused to work because they weren’t paid the desired amount of money
What years were the Hundred Years’ War?
1337-1453, 116 Years
