Although most historians the Black death as being one of the most devastating events in human history‚ it could also be argued that the Black death changed Europe for the better. The black death is a disease that formed on a victims body. Black death is also called Black Plague because most scholars believe struck Europe was ̈Plague ̈. The plague took pneumonic and septicemic forms. The black death was an epidemic of bubonic plague‚ a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that
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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
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The black death first came to Messina in Italy in 1347 when a few Genoese trading ships docked at the Sicilian port. People gathered at the port to greet the travelers‚ but they were met with an unfortunate surprise. Most of the fleet’s ship’s crew was dead‚ however‚ the people who were alive were seriously ill and eventually died. The most unusual thing of all‚ they were covered in huge black boils. The disease spread throughout Europe and killed nearly one third of Europe’s population over the
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Medieval Europe was under an extreme burden at the turn of the century. The demographics of medieval Europe grew to an unprecedented scale. The population had grown to the brink of starvation. Only under the best conditions would the field ’s yield enough to feed the population. The Black death struck in 1347 and decimated the European population. The black death was a necessity to prevent overpopulation and economic decline. The economy of the fourteenth century was in a state of decline. The population
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The Significance of The Black Death In Europe The Black Death‚ which swept across Europe between 1347 and 1351‚ had significance in all areas of life and culture: economic‚ social‚ psychological‚ and even religious. It ushered in a new age for all of Europe‚ in many ways speeding up the change from the medieval to modern era. In under a five year time span‚ one-third of Europe’s population died. There is some speculation that the toll was actually more than one-third‚ and could have reached
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How did the Black Death transform Europe? The Black Death was one of the most devastating diseases in human history. In October 1347 twelve Genoese ships came to the Sicilian port of Messina. In the following three hundred years‚ one-third of the European population had died due to the Black Death changing Europe significantly. Europe transformed in aspects of economy‚ society and religion. Massive death caused Landlords to have trouble both in finding enough manpower and collecting dues. Meanwhile
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Have you ever heard of the Black Death? A lot people are familiar with the horrible plague that spread across Europe from early 1348 to late 1349. However‚ most do not know just how big of an effect it had on the nation of Europe. Over time‚ the disease caused famine‚ mass death in highly populated areas‚ and even led to rebellion and uprising from poor people‚ or “peasants”. The disease ravaged the continent of Europe for around two years‚ yet it left tens of thousands of casualties in its wake
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European History (H) September 10‚ 2014 Effect of the Black Death on Europe The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic plague‚ was an extremely deadly pandemic that struck Europe around 1346-1353. The Black Death arrived in Europe aboard Asian merchant ships in the form of fleas riding on the backs of rats. The plague then spread rapidly throughout Europe leaving destruction in its wake‚ sparing few souls as it made its journey. While most of Europe was affected‚ the city of Siena‚ Italy‚ was struck
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The Black Death changed Europe by making the people lose faith in the church‚ which makes the government collapse. A big reason why the government collapsed‚ as explained by Anne Chapman was that “Some have seen popular loss of confidence in Church and political authorities as contributing to greater individualism and to a rising interest in personal‚ mystical religious beliefs”(Anne Chapman). In the middle ages many people looked towards religion as an answer to their diseases and problems‚ so when
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"What were the social‚ economic‚ political‚ and cultural effects of the black death on Europe." According to the article‚ there is usually a twenty-three-day cycle for victim to die from the introduction of plague contagion among rats in a human community‚ and since the number of fugitives from the plague-striken areas multiplies the speed‚ the disease spread rapidly by a process called as "spread by leaps". Moreover‚ since the medieval society was in a dynamic phase of "modernization heralding
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