The Crusades: The Black Death

since that time, and the world today. One such event that has affected the politics of the Middle Ages and now was the signing of the Magna Carta. Secondly, was the Black Death (also known as the Bubonic Plague that affected the religious, social, and economic aspects. An event that affected the religious and economic aspects were the Crusades. There was also the rise of the Ottoman Empire which affected the social, political, and economic aspects.Finnally, there was the Hundred Years war that affected

Europe had been in a dark age at this time during The Crusades, Black Death, and was no trade. There were 4 Crusades going on at this time and they were very horrible because anybody who wanted to be cleansed of their sins would go and kill muslims throughout Europe. People who were in the crusades were knights, serfs, and anybody who wanted land and wanted to be free. The Crusades consisted of blood death war and disease. According to the Black Death documents “They begged for help, weeping so that

During the era of 1000-1450, Western Europe had realized many cultural aspects that they had not come upon before. Some of these cultural awakenings are the fall of Constantinople, the Crusades, and the Black Death also known as the Bubonic Plague. I will be explaining what these events were and how they occurred, and how the fall of Constantinople is similar to stomach cancer.     One cultural awakening was the fall of Constantinople, this was the fall of the Byzantine capital, which was overrun

the black death, The Crusades, and the government laws. To start, the black death affected ⅓ of europe's population,for example “[The Black Death] was such a frightful thing that when it got into a house, as was said, no one remained." This demonstrates that the plague affected everyone, and everything.People lost hope during the black death because i hit everyone and you could even smell dead people all throughout the town. Another example of why europe was in a dark age, was the crusades. The

happens that changes that course of history, a turning point. The Crusades were a huge turning point in European history, changing the outlook of life of Christian serfs and peasants living in Europe. The Black Death was also a huge turning point, killing nearly half of Europe's population leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces of the broken country. Without these major turning points who’s to say where Europe would be today? The Crusades were a series of defensive wars fought by European Christians

improved production of crops was accomplished with less labor this allowed farmers to turn their attention to other endeavors which allowed them to make more money. The noble class was forced to sell the peasants their freedom so they could fund the crusades, pay loans and buy luxury items. The peasants not being tied to the farm, produced goods that could be sold at the local market place which gave many the funds to by their freedom. The market place where they sold these goods was located along

The Crusades was a series of religious wars between the Christians and the Muslims for the control of the Holy Land. The Byzantine emperor requested help from Pope Urban II for assistance against a group of Muslims called the Seljuk Turks (291). Pope Urban II saw this as a chance to regain control of Jerusalem. At the advice of Popes, Christian soldiers went on Crusades to free the Holy Land of Muslim power. The Crusades contributed to the economic growth of the Italian ports in Genoa, Pisa,

1300s. Even though this time period was called the dark age, there were some good and bad things happening at the same time. Historians have been debating for many years if Europe was really in a dark age. Some of these events are the plague and the crusades. Even though the time period 500 AD - 1500 AD was called the dark ages not everything about was dark.during this time, the magna carta was written in 1215. This was the first document to protect rights of people (Document A). The magna carta

emoire-like group. In 630, the Muslims took back Mecca. After Muhammad’s death, the religion continued to grow with many disputes

It was an almost unstoppable epidemic, and it traveled quickly through Europe. If you got it, you had terrible pains, and wished for death to come. It nearly killed Justinian. Side effects of the Black Death were tumors, fever, and chills. It was carried by fleas on rats. It killed thousands of people each day, so many that you couldn’t bury them all. About 50% of Europe’s population died just from that epidemic. For