2.6: Environmental Consequences of Connectivity Flashcards
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APPROXIMATE POPULATION OF MALES AGE 12 AND OLDER ON SELECTED MANORS IN ESSEX COUNTY, ENGLAND, CIRCA 1320–1450
Year 1320 1350 1400
Great Waltham 260 120 156
Hatfield Broadoak 500 325 200
High Easter 260 120 140
Total 1,020 565 496
Source: Data adapted from L. R. Poos, “The Rural Population of Essex in the Later Middle Ages,” The Economic History Review 38:4 (1985): 522-3.
The data is based on manorial population surveys ordered by the earls of Essex and on the court records of the earls’ manor courts.
Based on the information in the table, the Black Death outbreak of the bubonic plague struck Essex County in which of the following periods?
A
Before 1320
B
Between 1320 and 1350
C
Between 1350 and 1400
D
After 1400
B
Between 1320 and 1350
APPROXIMATE POPULATION OF MALES AGE 12 AND OLDER ON SELECTED MANORS IN ESSEX COUNTY, ENGLAND, CIRCA 1320–1450
Year 1320 1350 1400
Great Waltham 260 120 156
Hatfield Broadoak 500 325 200
High Easter 260 120 140
Total 1,020 565 496
Source: Data adapted from L. R. Poos, “The Rural Population of Essex in the Later Middle Ages,” The Economic History Review 38:4 (1985): 522-3.
The data is based on manorial population surveys ordered by the earls of Essex and on the court records of the earls’ manor courts.
A comparison between the data for the three manors shown in the table best illustrates which of the following about the bubonic plague?
A
It was equally devastating across all areas of western Europe.
B
It had virtually no effect on the populations of some regions of England.
C
In some but not all areas, the population was beginning to recover by 1400.
D
In most areas, the population reverted to pre-1320 levels by 1400.
C
In some but not all areas, the population was beginning to recover by 1400.
