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The psychological effects of the Black Death were reflected north of the Alps (not in Italy) by a preoccupation with death and the afterlife evinced in poetry, sculpture, and painting; the Roman Catholic Church Lost some of its monopoly over the salvation of souls as people turned to mysticism and sometimes to excesses. This was a very big part of the black death.
-Loch

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14th Century in Europe
(map shows where the plague spread)

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Medicine Wise: Medieval European medicine was very different from our modern concept of medicine. There was no knowledge of germs, and only relatively known to diagnose and treat illness. Much of medicine was, at best, based on ancient Roman and Greek ideas of the 'humours'. The ideal was to balance specific fluids known as 'black bile', 'yellow bile', blood and phlegm (the fluids made by your ear, nose and throat).Medieval doctors were not certain what caused the plague in the 1347 - 1350 outbreak, doctors were completely unable to prevent or cure the plague. For those who believed in the Greek humours there were a range of cures available. ‘Blood-letting’ – deliberately bleeding a vein – was a way of reducing ‘hot’ blood, whilst blowing your nose or clearing your throat was a way of getting rid of too much ‘cold’ phlegm. Mustard, mint sauce, apple sauce and horseradish were used to balance wet, dry, hot and cold in your diet!

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DEATHS: An estimated 30% to 60% of the population of Europe died from the plague. 1 out of 3 people died and some Villages everyone died.
A lasting and serious consequence was the big reduction of the amount of land going downwards, due to the deaths of so many labourers. This proved to be the ruin of many landowners. The shortage of labour made them substitute wages or money rents in place of labour services in an effort to keep their workers. There was also a general rise in wages for artisans and peasants. These changes brought a new fluidity to the hitherto rigid stratification of society.

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- Lilo

What the plague was: The bubonic plague was a painful disease, with black buboes or swellings, in the groin and armpits, which lasted up to a week. There was some chance of surviving if the buboes burst. If the buboes burst of their own accord it was a sign that the victim might recover.

How it spread: The plague seems to have started in China in the 1330s. In 1347, armies attacking the town of Caffa in the Crimea, catapulted dead bodies into the town. Italian soldiers took the plague with them to Sicily in October 1347. In June 1348 Black Death arrived at Melcombe Regis (in Dorset). By the end of the year it had spread throughout the south of England. During 1349, the plague spread into Wales, Ireland and the north of England. The first plague died out in 1350. Then it came back and the plague returned between 1361 and 1364, and five more times before 1405. These plagues mainly killed children, who had no resistance to the disease, the bacteria.

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It started with them attacking kaffa and they were katapulating bodys and with that the infection was going everywhere.
Plague is an infectious disease caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis. These bacteria are found mainly in rodents, particularly rats, and in the fleas that feed on them. Other animals and humans usually contract the bacteria from rodent or flea bites.

Historically, plague destroyed entire civilizations. In the 1300s, the "Black Death," as it was called, killed approximately one-third (20 to 30 million) of Europe's population. In the mid-1800s, it killed 12 million people in China. Today, thanks to better living conditions, antibiotics, and improved sanitation, current World Health Organization statistics show there were only 2,118 cases in 2003 worldwide.

Consequences:
The consequences of this violent catastrophe were many. A cessation of wars and a sudden slump in trade immediately followed but were only of short duration. A more lasting and serious consequence was the drastic reduction of the amount of land under cultivation, due to the deaths of so many labourers. This proved to be the ruin of many landowners. The shortage of labour compelled them to substitute wages or money rents in place of labour services in an effort to keep their tenants. There was also a general rise in wages for artisans and peasants. These changes brought a new fluidity to the hitherto rigid stratification of society.

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https://www.historytoday.com/ole-j-benedictow/black-death-greatest-catastrophe-ever

Black death Britannica

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Ole J. Benedictow describes how he calculated that the Black Death killed 50 million people in the 14th century, or 60 per cent of Europe’s entire population.

The Black Death did not result everywhere in the massacre of Jews or the blaming of other minorities

All human attempts to end the plague in Europe were not in vain

The Black Death travelled 30 to 100 times faster over land than the bubonic plagues of the 20th century

The Black Death was not a disease of poverty

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There were many underlying causes and triggers.

Poor public health. Medieval towns had no system of drains, sewers or rubbish collections. In such dirty conditions, rats lived and germs could grow. Another reason is that they has Bad harvests. After 1300, there was climate change and harvests failed. Also, during the Hundred Years' War armies used a tactic called 'chevauchée' where soldiers roamed around destroying houses and crops so it is possible that, when the plague hit, people were not as healthy and strong as they could have been. Also, the global trade. By the later Middle Ages, merchants were trading world-wide. One route took silk and spices from China to Baghdad, and from there to the Crimea in the Black Sea, where the goods were bought by Italian merchants for sale all over Europe. Many historians believe that the plague originated in China, and followed the trade routes.Rats. Most historians believe that the Black Death was caused by strains of the bubonic plague. The plague lived in fleas which lived on black rats. They gave the disease to the rats. When the rats died, the fleas hopped off onto humans.