Black Plague: The Black Death In Europe
The Black Death, or Black Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It began in south-western Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s, where it received its name Black Death. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic are estimated at least 75 million people. The Black Death is estimated to have killed between a third and two-thirds of Europe's population.
The Black Death had a drastic effect on Europe's population, irrevocably changing Europe's social structure. It was a serious blow to the Roman Catholic Church, Europe's predominant religious institution at the time, and resulted in widespread persecution of minorities such as Jews, Muslims, foreigners, beggars, and lepers. The uncertainty of daily survival …show more content…
The most popular theory places the first cases in the steppes of
Central Asia, though some speculate that it originated around northern India. From there it was carried east and west by Mongol armies and traders making use of the opportunities offered by the Mongol Peace (a guarantee of free passage within the Mongol Empire) along the Silk Road, and was first exposed to Europe at the trading city of Kaffa in the Crimea from which it spread to Sicily and on to the rest of Europe.
Whether this hypothesis is accurate, several pre-existing conditions such as war, famine, and weather contributed to the severity of the Black Death. A devastating civil war in China between the established Chinese population and the Mongol hordes ranged between 1205 and 1353. This war disrupted farming and trading patterns and led to episodes of widespread famine. A so-called "Little Ice Age" had begun at the end of the thirteenth century. The disastrous weather reached a peak in the first half of the fourteenth century with severe results worldwide.
In 1345, the king of France makes a theory that the heavens caused a “great
The Black Death had a drastic effect on Europe's population, irrevocably changing Europe's social structure. It was a serious blow to the Roman Catholic Church, Europe's predominant religious institution at the time, and resulted in widespread persecution of minorities such as Jews, Muslims, foreigners, beggars, and lepers. The uncertainty of daily survival …show more content…
The most popular theory places the first cases in the steppes of
Central Asia, though some speculate that it originated around northern India. From there it was carried east and west by Mongol armies and traders making use of the opportunities offered by the Mongol Peace (a guarantee of free passage within the Mongol Empire) along the Silk Road, and was first exposed to Europe at the trading city of Kaffa in the Crimea from which it spread to Sicily and on to the rest of Europe.
Whether this hypothesis is accurate, several pre-existing conditions such as war, famine, and weather contributed to the severity of the Black Death. A devastating civil war in China between the established Chinese population and the Mongol hordes ranged between 1205 and 1353. This war disrupted farming and trading patterns and led to episodes of widespread famine. A so-called "Little Ice Age" had begun at the end of the thirteenth century. The disastrous weather reached a peak in the first half of the fourteenth century with severe results worldwide.
In 1345, the king of France makes a theory that the heavens caused a “great