Demoracy. There was little room for progress inability to move up the social ladder with Feudalism being a case system. If you were born as a peasent then you stayed a peasent. There was also the lack of opportunity to be able to do anything. The black plauge around the fourteenth century was the starting point in the Feudalism Government falling. It created the labor shortage because it demolished the man power. The peasents realized how important they were and all together the plague and peasents
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The Black Death The Black Death was an especially a traumatic event because of the origin‚ prevalence of unsanitary conditions to the number of the deaths‚ and the remorseless treatment of citizens by others. Only devastating memories are left from the lack of cleanliness to the high death rates of The Black Death. It was first heard of in Central Asia in 1338-39. Scholars have yet not agreed where exactly in Asia the plague originated from‚ research and further investigation
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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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The Black Death In our modern times we are fortunate enough to have numerous ways to protect ourselves form infections disease. However‚ mid 1300th Europe wasn’t as lucky. One might even say that they where defenseless. There seemed to be no stopping this infections disease know as the black death from invading Europe. This disease made a lasting impact on European culture because of the ruthless symptoms‚ the blaming of innocent people‚ and the effect it had on the citizens. A terrible illness
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The Black Deaths Affect on Labor The Black Death caused a dramatic affect on labor supply and labor demand‚ with the loss of somewhere near 50% of the population of western Europe most places had a lack of labor available. Farms were left un-manned and there for fell in to disrepair. Labor was hit hard with loss of life so lords had no one to cut trees‚ hunt animals for food and skins‚ and no tenants to pay rent‚ or taxes for the use of a lord’s property. I do not know if I can pin point one aspect
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Humanities – Black Death (Essay) “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” ― Charles Darwin. The immediate pains of the Black Death were worth the long-term gains. Without this catastrophic event we may never have experienced the freedoms we enjoy today. Because of the Black Death‚ people became less restricted by the rules that the church and the feudal system enforced. This allowed the people freedom and choice. Also‚ without the
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Europe was struck by an epidemic known as the Black Death. Although the exact origins of the Black Death remain disputed by historians‚ it is believed that the illness was brought to Sicily‚ Italy by a Genoese merchant ship coming from Crimea in 1347. The illness is then believed to have spread through the Mediterranean Basin‚ into France‚ then Spain‚ Germany and the remaining majority of Europe (Gottfried‚ 1983: 55-76). Prior to the arrival of the Black Death in Europe‚ the continent had experienced
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population! Everyone hoping that it won’t get to them! That was called the Black Death! The Black death was a murderous plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351. How this happened? Well‚ traders from central and eastern Europe brought rats that were transporting a disease. They transported these rats by ship. Flies bit the rats! Drinking the blood‚ which then spread the plague onto many people. The Black Death was not only cause by one disease but many different forms of the epidemic
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The Black Death and Smallpox were terrible plagues that lead to great loss of human life. As a result‚ Europe’s population decreased by a third and experts estimate that the New World lost more than 90 million. Both the Black death and Smallpox raised wages‚ were used as weapons and lead to loss of religious faith‚ but during the time of the Black death people lost faith in god‚ whereas during Smallpox‚ Indians lost faith in their traditions and the Black Death allegedly conserved the land‚ whereas
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How did the Black Death transform Europe? The Black Death was one of the most devastating diseases in human history. In October 1347 twelve Genoese ships came to the Sicilian port of Messina. In the following three hundred years‚ one-third of the European population had died due to the Black Death changing Europe significantly. Europe transformed in aspects of economy‚ society and religion. Massive death caused Landlords to have trouble both in finding enough manpower and collecting dues. Meanwhile
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