The Causes And Effects Of The Black Death In The 14th Century

During the fourteenth century a disease ravaged across the middle east that calculated up to fifty million deaths and impoverished half of Europe. This disastrous disease had attained the nick-name, “Black Death”, referring to its high fatality rate. The plague, as some may call it, scattered amongst the whole world taking many lives because of the lack of medical attention or treatment and is even still around till this day. The Black Death is best understood through its symptoms, treatments, and death toll changing life in the fourteenth century.

Both religions believed that God sent down that disease. Christians thought they were being punished and lost hope in God. Although some did stay truthful to God, others didn’t and rebelled. In document six, a passage from a chronicle, written by an eyewitness account, William Dene, indicated that European Christians become more malicious and rebelled; they didn’t care about their salvation, since death was nipping at their heels. The point of view of this document showcased a negative perception of Christianity. On the other hand, Muslims become more religious; they believed this epidemic was a divine act from God and that they should act upon it. In document nine, a passage from a travel diary, written by the world traveler, Ibn Battuta, expressed that Muslims fasted, went to the mosque and prayed endlessly. This behavior shows that the Muslims turned to God in this time, unlike their Christian counterparts. The point of view of this document stressed a greater emphasis on how focused and religious the Muslims were. The Jews and Christians were also mentioned, however, they were not expressed in great detail than the Muslims. Possibly, Ibn Battuta witnessed more righteous behavior from the Muslims or he preferred them to the other Abrahamic faiths. Both religions inexperienced the horrors of the Black Plague, but their responses were quite

The Black Plague (also known as the Black Death or Bubonic Plague) of the 1300s is considered by many historians to be one of the most influential events in the history of Europe. Originating in Asia, the Black Plague has three forms; Bubonic which affects the lymph nodes, pneumonic which affects the lungs, and septicemia which affects the blood. Through examining the effects of the Plague on Europe and its people, it is clear that politics, social life, and economics were all irreparably thrown off balance. Perhaps the part of Europe disturbed most by the Black Death was politics.

Essay The black plague began in Central Asia in 1348 and spread to predominantly Christian areas including Europe and Africa (Doc 1). Although the Egyptian statistics are not as accurate as Christian ones, all of them show that there was approximately a thirty-three percent mortality rate when exposed to the plague (Doc 2). From two accounts, one muslim and one christian, the black plague is described as a horrible and fatal condition.

History reveals the mid-14th century as a very unfortunate time for Europe. It was during this period when the continent became afflicted by a terrible plague. The source of the pathogen is known today as bubonic but was colloquially known as “The Black Death” to Europeans of the day. The plague caused a tremendous number of deaths and was a catalyst of change, severely impacting Europe’s cultural, political and religious institutions.

During the 13th centuries all the way to the mid-15th century, the European nation experiences tough moments, which defined their history and the nations. The Black Death was among the many distressing pandemics in the human history, which was contributing to the death of 75 to 200 million people with the most in Europe. There are different theories, which have been developed since then to explain the deaths. The most reliable, which is based on the DNA from the victims in northern and southern Europe is the existence of the pathogen known as Yersinia Pestis, which was responsible for the plague. From there Oriental rat fleas that were popular on merchant ships and then spread in Mediterranean and Europe carried it. The death and depopulation of many places in Europe were the main changes by the Black Death. Hundred Years War was a conflict between the kings and kingdoms of France and England during these time. These were wars that took place in three stages, and the war was between the Roman Empire and the Carthage. The battle took place at around 264 BC to 146 BC. The Roman nation had wanted to expand because at that time Carthage was powerful than the Roman Empire. As the war began, in the first stage of the war, the Carthage was mighty than Roman Empire, but at the end of the third stage, the Roman Empire had defeated Carthage and expanded its Empire. There was a transformation in Rome regarding the population. Many people decided to go to the cities and abandoned the

As a result of the Black Death, Christians and Muslims were the major religions to respond to this event. One would still say, people do not know much about the Bubonic plague. To repeat, Christians were the ones to take this event to the next level, when they started burning the Jews. Muslims just thought of it has a blessing. Muslims was the ones to bring all ethnic groups together in worship and prayer after the plague. Readers would think of it has help to one another or more like allies. For this it proves that religions respond to things different than

As was we all know that The Black Death is one of the tragic events in world history and it has effected many civilizations in early 1300s. This has made many devastating trends within Europe’s borders and raged with many diseases, and other infections. Not only this pandemic event has effected many people, but it has transform Europe’ political, religious, and cultural practices. The Black Death became an outbreak and painful change to western civilization in which it marked history

In fourteenth-century Europe, the Black Plague disrupted most of European society devastating many. The Black Plague was devastating to European society economically, demographically, and morally. The plague spread as devastatingly as it did because of the continuous spread via trade, and inadequate medical knowledge. One of the major consequences of the plague was anti-Semitism.

In Italy, Christians were terrified of the plague. “And so many died that all believed it was the end of the world.” (Doc 3) People began to panic and people were “more prone to ever vice and more inclined than before to evil and wickedness.” (Doc 6) In other places, people united together, all praying for a common cause. The Christians, Muslims, and Jews all “imploring the favor of God through His Books and His Prophets.” (Doc 9) No evidence was found that shows the Muslims associating the plague to an apocalypse. The Muslims did not blame a particular minority, as in Europe. (Doc

First, this is how the Christians handled the Black Death. The Christians had a total of Seventy-five million people, but thirty-three percent of that population was killed and it left a total of fifty- one million, one hundred and sixty thousand people surviving. The Black Death made families fall apart during the plague, and it also made the Christians falling apart. Then the Christians blamed the Jews is because they have seen the Jews poisoning the water and started this mess.

Throughout the times of the Black Death, Christians everywhere were terrified. The Pope, the Monks in monasteries, and common folk alike. Christians prayed to God to heal, forgive, and to save them. This is not how Muslims behaved during this time period, but that topic

In Document E, Robert of Avesbury described over six hundred men marching “naked in a file one behind the other and whipped themselves with these scourges on their naked and bleeding bodies.” These processions of men were flagellants who during the 14th century beat themselves in ritual penance to acquire redemption from their sins and causes for the plague or other maladies. In the 14th century, Europe was infected with the Bubonic plague or the Black Death. There was no way to prevent from the disease and many Europeans were susceptible to obtain the disease; plus, the mortality rate during the Black Death was 35-70%. Consequently, many Europeans did not know about the Black Death and how it spread and responded in various ways to survive

     The Black Death and the other epidemics of bubonic plague had many consequences. One was a series of vicious attacks on Jews, lepers, and outsiders who were accused of deliberately poisoning the water or the air. The attacks began in the south of France, but were most dramatic in parts of Switzerland and Germany—areas with a long history of attacks on local Jewish communities. Massacres in Bern were typical of this pattern: After weeks of fearful tension, Jews were rounded up and burned or drowned in marshes. Sometimes there were attacks

The Black Death took place between 1315 and 1317, this Bubonic plague killed 10 percent The Catholic church failed to explain the cause of the Black Death, many church officials refused to treat the sick; leaving dying people behind. Citizens were desperate during the disaster, some had given up on life. They began living without rules and restrictions, they abandoned themselves into sexual and alcoholic indulgences. People lost their faith in Christianity, some extremists began to blame the Jews for causing the plague. An outbreak of anti-Semitism took place during the Black Death which caused the destruction over 60 major Jewish communities by the year of 1531. The plague also gave birth to a group of extreme believers called the flagellants in Germany who whipped themselves for forgiveness from God. The Black Death damaged the reputation of the church and many people lost faith in God.