Cause And Effects Of The Plague

"The Black Death" is known as the worst natural disaster in European history. The plague spread throughout Europe from 1346-1352. Those who survived lived in constant fear of the plague's return and it did not disappear until the 1600s. Not only were the effects devastating at the time of infection, but during the aftermath as well. "The Black Death" of the fourteenth century dramatically altered Europe's social and economic structure.

Imagine one half of the world 's population by wiped out in a space of less than a ten years. You probably cannot imagine such an event occurring; it seems unreal. Yet, this very thing happened in the between the years 1347 and 1351 in Europe. This massive destruction of human life was known as the Black Death. This Black Death was an ecological disaster on a global scale. The effects of the plague on human and certain animal populations from East Asia to as far west as Greenland were catastrophic. All facets of society, from peasant to king were affected; no one was safe. All of society was affected; nothing would ever be the same. Thus, there were many economic, social, and political effects of the Black Death.

In fourteenth-century Europe, the Black Plague disrupted most of European society devastating many. The Black Plague was devastating to European society economically, demographically, and morally. The plague spread as devastatingly as it did because of the continuous spread via trade, and inadequate medical knowledge. One of the major consequences of the plague was anti-Semitism.

Another reason the Black Plague affected the economy was how so many people died. The continent had enjoyed some 200 years of prosperity, and then 70 of cold. Result: too little food for too many people. By 1350 one-third of them, especially in the swollen cities, would be dead. In Europe in three or four years, 50 million people died. The population was reduced from some 80 million to

The people weren’t sure how they were catching the quickly spreading disease, and the doctors of this age couldn’t find a cure. This disease is estimated to have killed thirty to sixty percent of Europe’s population. The total world population is believed to have dropped from four-hundred and fifty million down to three-hundred and fifty million, which is a hundred million people or possibly more. The plague resulted in a series of religious, social, and economic outburst, which had great effects on European history.

Plague and diseases were significant and devastating in history because they don’t have the medical system as the modern society. The Black Plague changed the European Society substantially. The disaster affected all aspects of life— depopulation, government corruption, economy decreased dramatically, etc. “The disease carved a path of death through Asia, Italy, France, North Africa, Spain, and Normandy, and continued eastward into Hungary” (The Plague in Florence). The black plague impacted the amount of labors and the Jews. It also undermined the medieval model of feudalism and the presence of the church.

Hundreds of years ago, a plague swept over the known world. The Great Plague, Great Pestilence, and Black Death were a few of the names that it was given. In the Background Essay, it states that, "the plague killed between 25 and 45% of the populations it encountered." It was played a huge role in the history of the 14th century. There were three bacterial strains of the plague; all of them were deadly. According

One of the most devastating pandemics in history during the 14th century caused turmoil and massive death amongst Europe. The disastrous disease known as the Black Death ultimately wrenched society in melancholia and disseverment. As a result, a series of social and economic upheavals had a profound effect on society; creating lack of optimism of better days. The people suffered religiously because the pandemic displayed a darker side of life leaving them to question their beliefs. Eventually, such upheavals relinquished and a sanguine time befitted Europe. Although the black plague claimed the lives of millions and placed kingdoms in turmoil, the plague actually improved economic conditions for its survivors. Depopulation allowed wealth for many people and Europe was on its way into a new age of prosperity.

It was a life changing experience and killed one third of the people and the cause of the plague was unknown. Changed the European culture and lifestyles

Long-term effects were serfs were very poor and worked for land, they never got any wealthier and were not allowed to stop working for the person they were working for, but after the plague hit, there were labor shortages and when the outbreak was minimised the upper-level wealthy groups needed the serfs to work again, but the serfs didn't want to work unless they gonna t paid and so the serfs began to be paid; as a result people who work get paid in the present day. Christians were against the Jewish, so they accused them of poisoning the water well and causing the Black Death even though the Jewish also caught the plague. A short term effect was that children lost their parents to the Black Death, families lost relatives, the population which was once over crowded was minimised since the deadly plague took millions of lives. Christians did not believe God was real anymore or that he was punishing them for their sins and people lost their faith in the church. All these effects of the Black Death contributed to modern day life

The black plague had many effects on medieval Europe after it killed 31% of their population. These effects were harsh on most people and it did have some benefits but they were very small one to very few people. Some of these effects were that people lost their faith in the church, most of the high class people were beginning to become very poor and the lower class people, or the peasants, were starting to become rich, and many Jewish people were murdered.

There are three types of the plague, which include the bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic plagues

​The Black Death had profound effects on Medieval Europe. Although most people did not realize it at the time, the Black Death had not only marked the end of one age but it also denoted the beginning of a new one, namely the Renaissance. Between 1339 and 1351, a pandemic of plague called the Black Death, traveled from China to Europe affecting the importance of cities, creating economic and demographic crises as 2/3rd of the European population was eradicated.

Between 1347 and 1352 nearly twenty-five million Europeans died due to the bubonic plague. The Black Death, or the bubonic plague, was a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis. Some of the symptoms were chills, confusion, vomiting, and the most recognized symptom, the bubo. A bubo is an egg-shaped bulge that normally develops around an infected person’s inner thighs, armpits, and/or neck. The name bubonic plague came from the swelling of the bubos that were filled with dead cells and disease carrying germs. i

In the early half of the fourteenth century Europe experienced one of the most deadly and disastrous epidemics this world has ever seen. The Black Death or bubonic plague which is caused by the Yersinia pestis is said to half wiped out close to half the population at the time of the outbreak. What is scary is that the same disease has had outbreaks of the plague in both North and South America in recent times but we have not had the same devastating results that we saw in Europe during the fourteenth century. Infectious disease is still the leading cause of death in the world today and as the world becomes more of a "global village" the chances of naturally transmitting diseases is ever growing. In this paper we are going to discuss the factors