the black death
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The Black Death. 1347 - 1351. The Culprits. The Famine of 1315-1317. By 1300 Europeans were farming almost all the land they could cultivate. A population crisis developed. Climate changes in Europe produced three years of crop failures between 1315-17 because of excessive rain. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The CulpritsThe Culprits
The Famine of The Famine of 1315-13171315-1317 By 1300 Europeans were farming
almost all the land they could cultivate. A population crisis developed. Climate changes in Europe produced
three years of crop failures between 1315-17 because of excessive rain.
As many as 15% of the peasants in some English villages died.
One consequence ofstarvation & povertywas susceptibility todisease.
The The SymptomsSymptoms
Bulbous
Septicemic Form:
almost 100% mortality rate.
From the From the Toggenburg Toggenburg BibleBible, 1411, 1411
Lancing a BuboeLancing a Buboe
The Disease The Disease CycleCycle
Flea drinks rat blood that carries the
bacteria.
Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.
Bacteriamultiply inflea’s gut.
Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.
Human is infected!
Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
Bring out your dead!
Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
An obsession with death.
The The Danse Danse MacabreMacabre
Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlague
A Doctor’s Robe
“Leeching”
Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlague
Flagellanti:Self-inflicted “penance” for our
sins!
Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlaguePogroms against the
Jews
“Jew” hat
“Golden Circle” obligatory badge
Death Triumphant !:Death Triumphant !:A Major Artistic A Major Artistic
ThemeTheme
The Mortality
Rate35% - 70%
25,000,000 dead !!!
What were thepolitical,
economic,and social
effectsof the Black
Death??