Theme Paper Who were the “winners” and “losers” in the plague years (other than the immediate survivors and victims’)? The Black Plague is a massive epidemic that grew to become so large‚ so fast that it disrupted society across the globe. It was a horrific experience for most of humanity at the time. In certain cities in the Middle East the plague averaged 2‚400 deaths a day (Armesto‚ Pg.351). The plague affected mostly everyone either if it was indirectly or directly. The “losers” of the
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☠ Deadly Diseases ☠ Yersinia Pestis: Black Death Epidemic The 13th Century was home to the Black Death epidemic‚ also known as Y. Pestis. The most common form of Y. Pestis is the Bubonic Plague‚ however‚ there are two other form of the virus. This form of Yersinia Pestis wasn’t very contagious‚ and can only be caught by pus being introduced to a person’s open wound. The second form of Y. Pestis was the septicemic plague‚ spread by the most well known outbreak‚ coming from rats’ blood‚ then consumed
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From the time William Shakespeare was first published on paper in 1592‚ to the time he died in 1616‚ was one of the worst and best time periods if you ask me. Ranging from the Black Death plague to the greatest love story of all time‚”Romeo and Juliet‚” made the Elizabethan Era very unpredictable. The Black Death plague killed one third of Europe’s population‚ scaring anyone and everyone in town. The europeans began to believe there was something in their water causing people to become sick. They
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spread of disease. They understand that it was not god chooses the person to get sick. It was through human action that spread it‚ People coming to contact to other people. Like touching‚ coughing onto someone‚ or touching items. In conclusion‚ the Black Death was a big catastrophe in Europe. People did not know how to cure back then. People were dying left and right. The churches were not able to bury people because there were not enough room or burial grounds. People abandoned their property and they
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The Black Death 1347-1351 Symptoms and Causes There were three commonly seen forms of the Black Death. The bubonic plague‚ the pneumonic plague‚ and the septicemic plague. The bubonic plague was the most common; the symptoms included enlarged and inflamed lymph nodes (around arm pits‚ neck and groin)‚ vomiting‚ headaches‚ fevers of 101-105 degrees Fahrenheit‚ and nausea. These symptoms took from 1-7 days to appear. The two other plagues were less common‚ probably because victims often died before
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Demoracy. There was little room for progress inability to move up the social ladder with Feudalism being a case system. If you were born as a peasent then you stayed a peasent. There was also the lack of opportunity to be able to do anything. The black plauge around the fourteenth century was the starting point in the Feudalism Government falling. It created the labor shortage because it demolished the man power. The peasents realized how important they were and all together the plague and peasents
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Humanities – Black Death (Essay) “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” ― Charles Darwin. The immediate pains of the Black Death were worth the long-term gains. Without this catastrophic event we may never have experienced the freedoms we enjoy today. Because of the Black Death‚ people became less restricted by the rules that the church and the feudal system enforced. This allowed the people freedom and choice. Also‚ without the
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Europe was struck by an epidemic known as the Black Death. Although the exact origins of the Black Death remain disputed by historians‚ it is believed that the illness was brought to Sicily‚ Italy by a Genoese merchant ship coming from Crimea in 1347. The illness is then believed to have spread through the Mediterranean Basin‚ into France‚ then Spain‚ Germany and the remaining majority of Europe (Gottfried‚ 1983: 55-76). Prior to the arrival of the Black Death in Europe‚ the continent had experienced
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population! Everyone hoping that it won’t get to them! That was called the Black Death! The Black death was a murderous plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351. How this happened? Well‚ traders from central and eastern Europe brought rats that were transporting a disease. They transported these rats by ship. Flies bit the rats! Drinking the blood‚ which then spread the plague onto many people. The Black Death was not only cause by one disease but many different forms of the epidemic
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The Black Death and Smallpox were terrible plagues that lead to great loss of human life. As a result‚ Europe’s population decreased by a third and experts estimate that the New World lost more than 90 million. Both the Black death and Smallpox raised wages‚ were used as weapons and lead to loss of religious faith‚ but during the time of the Black death people lost faith in god‚ whereas during Smallpox‚ Indians lost faith in their traditions and the Black Death allegedly conserved the land‚ whereas
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