How Did Black Death Transform European Society

It started in central Asia, 1338 awakened by a drought, slowly makings its way to Europe. It finally hit Europe in 1345, 8 years later from the awakening, it first affected Crimea when a trade was being done with the merchant's Italian sailors and Mongolian's but it got out of hand until the point where the Italians were held up in a castle with nowhere to run for a year. The Mongolians soldier finally backed off but when their men starting dropping dead they had the idea to throw the infected dead bodies over the castle wall and into the castle, it was the first bioweapon created. Some of the Italian sailors managed to get away but they ended up carrying the mysterious death with going from town to town but no one would let them stop as infected rats had hidden within the cargo. But it was too late, in 1347, Sicily, the sailors docked but they were forced to move on, the brief encounter, however, allowed the infected rats to climb ashore and start spreading the disease. Soon it spread throughout trade routes such as the silk trade route which

When many people think of the Black Death they only think of the aspect of sick people dying. Although that was the tragedy that occurred, the whole picture includes social and economic changes within Europe. Since the population rapidly decreased due to the disease causing many to perish, the aftermath involved population regrowth, which also brought many changes along with it. Although a time of great loss, the Black Death allowed for the laboring class to financially benefit, causing financial distinctions amongst social classes to diminish. It also allowed for the rights of the lower class to increase and financial suffering for the middle class. The Black Death resulted in a push in the direction of modern Europe.

The Black Death changed Europe (and the entire world) in ways we can still observe today from a historical, societal, cultural, and medical standpoint. The Black Death was a very deadly outbreak of plague.

During the High Middle Ages, Feudalism and the Societal Hierarchy was the social construct of the land. In that time period only 10% of peasants were actually free men, the rest were under the social class of serfs. Europe was becoming overpopulated due to periods of peace and prosperity, making it incredibly convenient for cheap labor. Working for the lords of the land, Serfs were very much close to slaves, but this all changed during the 1350s. The population began to decline due to mass starvation caused by poor harvest, throughout parts of Europe. Increased warfare also contributed to decline in population, such as Hundred Years’ War. Perhaps the most detrimental of all this is, the black plague, which began to wreak havoc in Europe around 1348. The Black Plague, “Black Death”, was a disease that civilization had no answer to. The massive deaths of the population caused the feudal lords to face severe labor shortages,

Good morning class, today I will be talking about the black death. And what effect it had in England. The effect was both negative and positive for the social political and economically. The black death started for 1348 to 1381 when the peasants started to revolt. A positive affect there was a lot of land because 30-50 percent of people died in England from this which accounts for more jobs as we’ll and higher wages. This meant that the food price went higher as there were less people to work the fields. This lead to the feudal system not working as no-one worked for food but money and you were free if you lived in a town for 366 days.

The Black Death was a horrible disease that struck Europe in the mid 14th century. Originated in Asia, trade routes, like the Silk Road, allowed the spread of the plague to Europe. Bringing chaos and disruption to Europe, the Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, changed the ways of the politics, economy, and society. Examples of political, economical, and social effects, is the war between England and France (Hundred Years’ War), the economy changing as peasants get higher wages, and the way people view life. The Black Death changed the way of life for the Europeans; politically, economically, and socially.

The Black Death was a disease that wiped out nearly one-third of Europe’s population and threw the world into chaos. The disease was highly contagious and affected the way people lived for a very long time. When the Black Death struck Europe daily life was forever changed because the disease led to the killing of millions of Jews, peasant revolts, wars and chaos, the economy and its systems were severely damaged, and many people changed their views and opinions about many religions.

How many times a day do people nowadays think about death? Well many people don’t have to nowadays too much, because of the incredible advancements in the medical aspect of life. Most people can be at ease knowing most of times all they have to do is go to the doctors and the doctor will prescribe something to them to get better. It is just a matter of time till that person should get better. Though back in the 1200s until the 1700s the main thing on the majority of societies mind was death, and trying to avoid the black death in any means possible although many people did die during the Black Death, the Black Death changed society by encouraging superstition, changing views on health, and stimulating the medical field.

The condition that Europe was in before the Black Death struck was ultimately one of the main reasons for the disease’s quick spreading. One bad condition that helped to make the Black Death even more deadly was the population boom of Europe in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries (Kagan et al. 292). Another pre-existing condition that hurt the health of Europe was the multiple famines that would come to be known at the Great Famine (Kagan et al. 292). The last cause of the Black Death being able to spread so rapidly was the economic depression that occurred shortly before the plague began. With all of these conditions combined, many Europeans citizens were weakened so much that the Black Death easily killed many of them and in some cases,

It spread through fleas that were on rats that were on the ships that came to Europe. Then, fleas bit the rats and the rats blood, that was infected by the black plague virus, was injected into the human’s blood was infected. Then a clueless infected person would walk around Europe’s cities and infecting anyone who simply coughed or sneezed and then suddenly the virus was airborne. Moreover, this deadly disease just became 10x more dangerous. That is how so many people became infected and were dead suddenly the next day.

The black death is a major plague that first broke out during the middle ages and affected the people greatly. The black plague made its first appearance in the middle when it broke out many villages and hamlets were deserted and were never inhabited again due to the fact that a lot of people suffered from the plague. First off the plague affected the people greatly because they were all affected by it, but some were affected more than others for example you're walking down the street of your village and see tom and the next day you're walking down the street and he’s not there that how fast people were dying by the plague killed people. Second their lives would never be the same because of how much people were killed/affected by it. Also

The first time the plague came out openly in the world it carried and killed across England in 1348-49. It first travelled across the South part in the Bubonic way, during the summer in 1348.Unfortunately, it turned into the pneumonic plague. Then it hit the very popular London in September 1348 and spread into East England towards the coasts in the new year.By the time of Spring in 1349 it had invaded Wales and by the summer it had jumped over the Irish sea and started to trouble the northern

In the 14th century, Europe’s feudal order was placed under severe pressure with the arrival of the Black Death. Destabilizing existing land-labor relations throughout the feudal system, the bubonic plague “wiped out at least one-third of the population” as it swept across Europe. By dramatically reducing the population, the plague effectively empowered laborers who were now in shorter supply within the economy. Rents in major European countries such as England, Italy, and Germany dropped by roughly 40% a century after the plague decimated the population. Similarly, wages for European laborers increased by roughly 300%. Not only did the mass death eliminate the possibility of restoring the feudal system, it incentivized “external expansion” to combat the internal desire for surplus. As European countries like Spain began to seek out new global markets in the New World, land use “intensified along settlement frontiers.” Colonizing was perceived as necessary in order to address the incessant desire of the seigneurs for consistent economic growth. Engendering a system that would subjugate both nature and body in a quest for surplus, the plague rapidly increased the need for such expansion.

There have been many catastrophes throughout history, but none of them have had an impact upon society like the infamous Black Death. One of the reasons Black Death was so serious is it can be transmitted in various ways. The catastrophe known as the Black Death has influenced modern society in many ways. Some of the ways Black Death influenced society is economically, socially, and scientifically.

The Black Death, according to Joseph P Byrne, was “a deadly epidemic that spread across Asia and Europe beginning in mid 1300’s.” It did not take long for the plague to make a big impact on the world. “By the spring of 1348, the Black Death, also known as Black Plague, spread to france, The Alberium Peninsula, and England, following trade routes and hitting big cities first before spreading to the countryside,” states Gail Cengage. In the 19th century, Europe was devastatingly hit with this epidemic that affected them greatly then and now. The Black Death in Europe affected 19th centuries economics, population, and literature. Its effect on Europe is an interesting topic that shaped history and our lives today. This topic is widely covered as Molly Edmonds writes her findings from other sources. These sources will be used to describe the effect the Black Death had on Europe.