Black Death In Fourteenth Century Europe
Discuss the extent to which the Black Death had a negative impact on the 14th Century Europe.
The Black Death was an outbreak of a bubonic plague that was pandemic across Asia, Africa and Europe. It was believed that the plague was spread from merchants coming from Asia to Europe. The Black Death had pessimistic consequences in the 14th Century Europe. The copious consequences were the decrease of population which lead to labour shortages and economic rise. Another consequence was the collapse of the feudal system and the fabricated hatred towards a religion.
The diminishing of the population had a pessimistic impact during the 14th Century Europe. The Black Death alone took out “25 million people” that is 1/3 of Europe’s population. It …show more content…
The hierarchical system that was in place in the ancient society for hundreds of years was collapsed during the Black Death. The feudal system was a system of landownership based on different groups of people for service. Since the Black Death killed anyone it weakened the feudal system when the lord died. So peasants could now refuse orders from other groups of people. They could go work for their own and earn their own pay so this lead to peasant uprising and revolts. Peasants attested for higher wages, food and land due to lack of competition from other districts. If the peasants didn’t receive what they wanted they would leave and kings and rulers and they would lose their power. Furthermore, with the arrival of the Black Death however, European's began to see that perhaps the church was not as almighty as they had once thought it to be. The people of Europe were desperately looking for a reason as to why this plague had been brought upon them, and they turned to the church for answers and guidance, but the men of the church were not spared the fate of the plague and the citizens began to see that even the church could not help them. This realization led to the people distancing themselves from the church in favour of creating their own personal relationship with god. (2) “This led to a decline in the church's authority which had previously been the bottom line for European citizens.” The Black Death had pessimistic consequences during the 14th Century
The Black Death was an outbreak of a bubonic plague that was pandemic across Asia, Africa and Europe. It was believed that the plague was spread from merchants coming from Asia to Europe. The Black Death had pessimistic consequences in the 14th Century Europe. The copious consequences were the decrease of population which lead to labour shortages and economic rise. Another consequence was the collapse of the feudal system and the fabricated hatred towards a religion.
The diminishing of the population had a pessimistic impact during the 14th Century Europe. The Black Death alone took out “25 million people” that is 1/3 of Europe’s population. It …show more content…
The hierarchical system that was in place in the ancient society for hundreds of years was collapsed during the Black Death. The feudal system was a system of landownership based on different groups of people for service. Since the Black Death killed anyone it weakened the feudal system when the lord died. So peasants could now refuse orders from other groups of people. They could go work for their own and earn their own pay so this lead to peasant uprising and revolts. Peasants attested for higher wages, food and land due to lack of competition from other districts. If the peasants didn’t receive what they wanted they would leave and kings and rulers and they would lose their power. Furthermore, with the arrival of the Black Death however, European's began to see that perhaps the church was not as almighty as they had once thought it to be. The people of Europe were desperately looking for a reason as to why this plague had been brought upon them, and they turned to the church for answers and guidance, but the men of the church were not spared the fate of the plague and the citizens began to see that even the church could not help them. This realization led to the people distancing themselves from the church in favour of creating their own personal relationship with god. (2) “This led to a decline in the church's authority which had previously been the bottom line for European citizens.” The Black Death had pessimistic consequences during the 14th Century