The Plague Dbq

Per. 6 The Plague DBQ 1995 Beginning in the mid-fourteenth century, a plague swept the world like no other. It struck in a series of waves that continued into the eighteenth century. The first wave was estimated to have killed twenty-five million people, about a third of the Western Europe population at that time. Throughout the different outbreaks, the plague, also known as the Bubonic Plague or the Black Death, caused people to react in several ways. Some people believed the plague was a medical

Diseases and Devastation 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. One of the major reasons the plague spread so rapidly was trade. Infected fleas carried by rats would

The black death is believed to have began in central Asia in the mid-thirteen hundreds, and killed millions. After it spread across Asia it was then carried down the Silk Road reaching Crimea by 1343. Scientists believe that the plague was carried by fleas on rodents, such as rats, being normal passengers traveling on merchant ships across the Mediterranean. The fleas were believed to have bacteria called Yersinia pestis, which is commonly present in the flea population on ground rodents in certain

Before the outbreak of the plague the religion in The Church of England was damaged, the people were divided on their ideas of religion, and they began to gather and worship separately. Once the plague hit London, there were many different responses to religion and the value that it held. People embraced religious folk and used it as a reason to seek after “black magic” for answers. People also embraced The Church of England and viewed the plague as God punishing them for their sins and they used

The passage suggest that a possible cause of the plague was a form of punishment from the Gods for their “iniquities”/immoral behavior (companion pg 249). Also, trade was such a popular way of getting goods around the country during this time. So, the disease was able to spread so fast because so many people came from different places to trade with one another. Therefore, once in contact with the disease and brought back to their country, that's how the disease was probably able to get to such a

The Plague was a severe outbreak of bacterium Yersinia pestis in the 1300’s and the 1800’s. Killing 25 million people in the 14th century alone it became one of Europe's most grim times in history. The Plague caused people to flee their homes in fear of catching the Black Death. The outbreak began in Peking, China otherwise known as modern day Beijing, capital of China. The disease ended out around 1350, but still had no medically accurate way of treating the disease. In the 14th century and the

The Black Death, also known simply as ‘the plague’, is one of the deadliest pandemics in human history and ran its most deadly course in the mid 1300s. The plague was spread by the bacillus Yersinia Pestis and is heavily believed to have been bubonic, meaning it creates swollen lymph nodes called ‘buboes’. Most people believe that the plague was spread by infected fleas, which bit animals and humans, but scientists today claim that it may have been pneumonic, lung-based. If this theory is true then

From 1347 to 1362, The Black Death was a plague that affected over half of Europe, leading many people to death and famine. Medicine back in the 13th century wasn’t as technologically advanced as it is today in the 21st century. So, nobody knew the cause of the illness and how it was spreading. Therefor, everyone was in fear of when they too would be struck by the sickness and die. This was because of the common belief that God was condemning mankind for their sins. The disease consisted of flu like

catastrophic and deadly Plague hit Europe. The Black Plague killed up to a 3rd of Europe’s population. This lead to medieval science changing dramatically as people began to question how much authority the church should be given, and began to turn to science for logical answers. The plague also contributed to the Peasants anger that evolved into the Peasants Revolt, and ultimately, the breakdown of the feudal system. Multiple factors contributed to the spread of this deadly plague, that historians believed

barbarians, and loss of morality. Those who came down with the plague endured innumerable tribulations and those who were lucky enough to not contract the illness stayed indoors and made little contact with the outside world. This led to many becoming petulant and restless. Due to the plague, fear ran rampant throughout Europe and caused fallacious theories explaining the illness, violence, and the desensitization of many. Before the plague many believed that the Earth was riddled with supernatural

The Black Death was a plague that struck in Europe in 1347 and was made worse by its rapid spread and the previous famines in Europe. The first records of the plague were in central Asia, specifically Mongolia. The Plague moved closer to Europe through trade routes because plague-carrying fleas would create homes in the fur of ship rats, and many ships began to carry the plague. Eventually the Plague spread to Europe because one of the 12 vessels traveling from Crimea brought it to Sicily in October

During medieval times, doctors tried everything and anything possible to avoid contracting the plague. To start, doctors would wear distinctive attire to try to prevent the spread of the plague and treat the patients without contracting the disease themselves. Examples of this would be long robes, gloves, and masks with beak-like structures. These masks would hold herbs which were believed to filter out all the “bad air”. In addition, many Medieval doctors carried around sweet smelling substances

countries experienced crop failures from 1315 to 1317, and these resulted in extensive starvation and death. Then, in 1347, Europe was shot by one of the worst catastrophe in human history, an outbreak called the Black Death. Sometimes called simply "the Plague," the Black Death killed between 25% and 45% of the European population. The outbreak began in Asia. Because of the Mongols' conquests, which had made travel between East and West more secure and easier than ever before, it quickly made its way to

Section One: The Black Death I. Preconditions/Causes of the Plague A. Population of Europe doubled in 1000-1300 1. Strained food supply 2. Caused higher unemployment rates and lower wages B. The Black Death followed trade routes from Asia into Europe 1. The plague traveled south to north along major trade routes II. Popular Remedies A. People believed that the plague was caused by corruption in the atmosphere 1. Some people blamed poisonous fumes from earthquakes B. Remedies 1. Many people wore

pilgrims used as scapegoats and accused all over europe for the plague. In Spain, Arabs were accused of being part of the spread of the plague, Portuguese pilgrims were accused of poisoning wells in Aragon, and the English were viewed with suspicion in places such as Narbonne. The Catalans and the poor and foreign beggars were held accountable for well poisoning. The lepers were also commonly accused of poisoning the wells and spreading the plague. It was mostly upper class people who were suspicious of