Research Paper First Draft How did the Black Death impact the surviving people of Europe? Submitted by: Kimberly Bouchard LSTD 5003 Introduction to Grad Studies College of Liberal Studies The University of Oklahoma To Dr. Courtney Vaughn April 15‚ 2013 I certify that I have read the assigned material on academic integrity and this paper is an original paper composed by me for this course. It has not been copied or closely paraphrased from any other source and has not been submitted
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Exterminating around a third of Europe’s population in just three years‚ the Black Death affected nearly every aspect of society as it ravaged through countrysides and towns. Entering Europe in 1348‚ this deadly plague drastically altered the nation socioeconomically as it swept across the nation blindly‚ careless to one’s social status or prosperity (Khan Academy). Surprisingly‚ the main culprit found to be responsible for such severe damage was a bacterium carried by fleas. The likelihood of this
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The Black Death changed Europe by making the people lose faith in the church‚ which makes the government collapse. A big reason why the government collapsed‚ as explained by Anne Chapman was that “Some have seen popular loss of confidence in Church and political authorities as contributing to greater individualism and to a rising interest in personal‚ mystical religious beliefs”(Anne Chapman). In the middle ages many people looked towards religion as an answer to their diseases and problems‚ so when
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David. 1997. The Black Death and the Transformation of the West. Cambridge‚ MA and London‚ England: Harvard University Press. Herlihy argues that the Black Death paved the way for an explosion of technological advances‚ greatly altered religion and theology‚ and completely transformed European society as a whole. The Black Death was catalystic for the transformation from a feudalistic society‚ to Europe as we now know it. Herlihy argues that the havoc wreaked by the Black Death and subsequent diseases
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century‚ three diseases collectively known as the Black Plague ran rampant throughout the civilized world of the time‚ including Asia‚ the Middle East‚ Africa‚ and Europe. The plague had a remarkably high mortality rate‚ striking fear in the hearts of all who heard of it. Political systems crumbled in the face of this natural disaster. In this time of government turmoil‚ people turned to religion for hope. This united the public‚ and even if the religion did not serve to provide hope to the people‚ it
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not any one has parallel fame and influences to the human communities compared to the Black Death that emerged in medieval. Therefore‚ in this essay‚ I will analyze the influences of Black Death in several aspects- politics‚ economy‚ society and culture. Before getting into any specific aspect of Black’s impacts‚ I will provide a brief introduction to the social background and basic background of the Black Death. There are two key words for the background--famine and war. The famine was due to heavy
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lives of many and created categories which people could associated‚ such as religion‚ economic classes‚ medical etc. The Black Death is one of those issues that help enforce and evolve many of this categories such as‚ Religion‚ economic‚ social‚ medical‚ and in this documents show people desperation and greedy. The middle ages which was the age of religion‚ of course being the middle ages as the plague stroke Europe many relied on
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The Black Death‚ one of the biggest plague. The Black Death happened between 1346-1353. It was caused by rats and fleas. The Black Death was important because it was an epidemic of a disease called Bubonic Plague. It was able to kill 38 million people. The black death was one of the biggest epidemic to hit mankind. It was given the name ‘Black Death’ because people who were infected‚ were cover in black boils. For example‚ “Early in 1340s‚ the disease had struck China‚ India‚ Persia‚ Syria‚ and Egypt”
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Awhile before the horrendous events of the Black Death occurred‚ there was The Great Famine of 1315. I had not previously heard of or known about this period of history before writing this paper. At the beginning of the 14th century‚ the population in Europe had steadily been growing so large that there was no room for any crop failure or shortage. However‚ climate change in the spring of 1315 gave them a wet spring that proved to be harsh on the people until the summer of 1317. The people were weakened
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The black death in Spain: In Spain‚ religious clerks were cornerstones to every aspect of a commoner’s life‚ from circumcision to marriage‚ almost all happenings in their lives was overseen by the church. Priests would roam in the fields during the spring to bless over the crops before they were planted. Commoners whilst in this complete brainwash by the church came to the conclusion that this plague was a curse from god‚ and the cause of the epidemic were the heretics. This led to the torment
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