Black Death, Chapter 9 Flashcards
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What time period was the Black Death
1347-1351
Where did most people live?
Countryside and Small Cities
What system increased the amount of food supply and reproduction?
Three Field System
What time period did the population double and what was the consequence?
1000-1300 AD, there was more people then food
What time period did the great famine occur?
1315-1317 AD
What was the one religion in Europe during this time period?
Catholicism
What factors made the European population especially vulnerable to the plague?
Starvation, Bad Health, Overpopulation
What is the disease cycle?
Bacteria goes into gut of Flea- goes on back of rat-gut explodes killing rat-disease still there and transfers to humans
What are some symptoms of the Plague?
Feel ill, high fever,cramps,nose bleeding,large infection in neck, armpits,groin,lypheniles start to swell
What occurs in the nemonic phase
Coughing, sneezing, which leads to spreading
What occurs in the systosonic phase
Disease gets in blood and skin turns black and begins to decay
Origins of Black Plague?
Black Sea Region. Constantinople- Port Cities of Italy- Carts on Trade Routes to other parts of Europe
What areas affected?
Pyrenees Mountains, Alps, Parts of Belgium , and much of Europe
What did people believe was the source of the plague?
Poisonous fumes released by earthquakes
What were some popular remedies?
Amulets, moderate lifestyle, giving in to passions, leaching, self flagellation
What is self flagellation?
Radical church members would beat themselves with shards and whips hoping for divine intervention, eventually outlawed by church because they’re bodies helped spread the disease
Explain what anti-semitism is and why it’s important to the Black plague
Extreme discrimination of Jews and people used them as scapegoats for the disease mostly because they were money lenders, a lot of Jews were burned at the stake or drowned
What is the best remedy for the Black Plague at this time period?
Flight and seclusion, leave towns with black death
What were some cultural influences that occurred because of their black plague
Obsession with death (celebratory), The Decameron,
How many died?
25 million, 1/3 of Europe’s population
Why did Agriculture decline after the plague
Less workers, less demand for food, wool production happened more often
What social group lost more then anyone else?
Nobleman and holders, had more to lose
What social consequence in England occurred?
Stature of Laborers
What is the Stature of Laborers?
Limited wages and prevented workers from leaving their homes or workplace in hopes of better conditions
