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The CulpritsThe Culprits
BACTERIA
RATS
FLEAS
The Disease The Disease CycleCycle
Flea drinks rat blood that carries the
bacteria.
Flea drinks rat blood that carries the
bacteria.
Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.
Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.
Bacteriamultiply inflea’s gut.
Bacteriamultiply inflea’s gut.
Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.
Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.
Human is infected!Human is infected!
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 and excessive rain in
Europe produced three years of crop failures between 1315-17.
As many as 15% of the peasants in some English villages died.
One consequence ofstarvation & povertywas susceptibility todisease.
The The SymptomsSymptoms
Bulbous
Septicemic (infection of the blood,caused by bacteria) Form:
almost 100% mortality rate.
From the From the Toggenburg Toggenburg BibleBible, 1411, 1411
Lancing a BuboeLancing a Buboe
Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
Bring out your dead!
Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
An obsession with death.
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”(self-
punishment) for our sins!
Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlaguePogroms (massacre)
against the Jews
“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??
1347: Plague Reaches 1347: Plague Reaches Constantinople Constantinople (capital of (capital of
Roman and Byzantine empire) !Roman and Byzantine empire) !
Answer the following questions on your sheet of paper.
• Describe how the Plague spread using the map. Use directions (N,S,E,W) in your response.
• Which areas were harder hit? Why do you think these areas had more cases of the Plague?
Analyze and explain the connection between Mercantilism and the Crusades. What
impact did these have on the spread of the Bubonic Plague?
Mercantilism
• AKA Commercialism– the act of trading with other
countries to build wealth
The Crusades
• A series of brutal religious wars fought by Europeans to win control of Palestine – the birthplace of Christianity – from Muslim rule.
Exchange of goods and ideas (AKA cultural diffusion)
• Silk • Cotton• Spices• Glass • Paper • Cucumbers • Grapes • Religious beliefs
• Gems • Textiles • Alphabet • Sugar• Rice• Perfumes • Gunpowder • Porcelain