THE BLACK DEATH WHAT IS THE BLACK DEATH
THE BLACK DEATH
WHAT IS THE BLACK DEATH Known as the Bubonic Plague Pneumonic plague also exists Airborne 100% Fatal Not naturally a human disease Primarily in rats but spread by fleas Humans have little-to-no resistance Average person killed in 3 -5 days
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS Began with death of rats in Asia Strong variant Spread to Marmots All die Hunters find a bunch of dead marmots $$$ Sold down silk road
SPREAD Italian traders in Crimea get plague during a siege Carried with them Spreads to various ports Then moves inlands
COURSE OF DISEASE Temps of 105, convulsions, and vomiting Swelling of lymph nodes 3 days later: Fever, diarrhea, delirium, black splotches, necrosis of extremities Day 5: Nodes often burst 60 -90% of patients die
BLAME GAME God’s Wrath Stars, Planets, and Comets Bar Air Witches, Demons, Devils Muslims (by Christians) Christians (by Muslims) The Jews (by everyone else)
RESULTS Huge decrease in population Est. 20 million die in Europe (in 5 WHO WOULD WIN? years) 30 -50% Church is weakened Slavery increased A few Bacteria Cells Europe
POSITIVES Increase the value of manpower Wages doubled in England! Organized Medicine emerges Vernacular language dominates Death of serfdom in the west Increased individualism Loss of faith in government and God
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