https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3 The most devastating pandemic in human history en-us 2018-12-12 13:30:00 UTC 2025-12-15 08:20:34 UTC hello@padlet.com vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313819699 Wiping out over half of Europe's population, the Black Death in the Medieval ages was was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history.]]> 2018-12-12 13:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313819699 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313821953 Since there was no known cure to the horrible disease at the time, one solution for getting rid of victims of the black death was to simply expel them from the city, getting them away from anyone they could contaminate.]]> 2018-12-12 13:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313821953 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313822835 The black death killed 50 to 60% of the population of Europe, old and young, rich and poor. 
Many people left land unattended and crops unharvested to get away from the disease. This caused the prices of agricultural goods to rise, since there was less crops and products available, so they were more valuable.
To some people, half the population dying was of great benefit. "Survivors benefited from the redistribution of victims' wealth, eventually stoking demand and production." (Byrne, J.P., 2000). When the infected eventually died, everything they owned was sold or given away to others, causing an inflation. The prices of goods went up, since it was harder to safely make things.]]> 2018-12-12 13:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313822835 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313830343 During this dark period, a lot of the art featured skeletons and other aspects of death.]]> 2018-12-12 13:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313830343 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313831703 If your front door was marked with the letter X, it meant death was inside. If one person in a house was contaminated, the whole house was put into quarantine, basically sentencing everyone inside to a painful death. "Even one person in a household showing plague-like symptoms was enough to mandate a 40-day quarantine for the whole home — a virtual death sentence for everyone living in it." (]]> 2018-12-12 14:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313831703 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313834677 During the age of the Black Death, people thought the world was in it's last phase, and was soon to end in an inevitable cataclysm and the arrival of the Antichrist. People believed the plague was spread through contaminated air. The Black Death epidemic ended without apocalyptic incident, of course, but some consider the real apocalypse to be the pandemic itself.]]> 2018-12-12 14:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313834677 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313834824 Doctors would go into people's houses to inspect for signs of the plague, and issue quarantine if they found probable cause to. The long ‘beak’ mask they wore was filled with herbs, sweet oils and flowers to attempt to ward off the disease. The hat was easily identifiable, and used to shield them from bacteria. The red glass eyes were meant to keep the ‘evil’ of the disease away from the doctor. The overcoat neckline was tucked behind the mask to not risk skin exposure. The coat was floor length and often covered in wax to keep the coat from being stained by body fluids of the diseased. Leather pants protected the doctors legs from disease exposure. The cane was used to direct people where to go without direct contact.]]> 2018-12-12 14:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313834824 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313835546 Death was often personified in art, looking gruesome and corpse-like.]]> 2018-12-12 14:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/313835546 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/314641198 Merchant ships unloaded in Sicily and accidentally gave Sicily citizens the plague in the supposed form of infected fleas on rats. The disease spread up into Italy, then France and Spain, up towards Germany and England, and even to the Baltic states. Italy, Germany and France were completely under the devastating blanket of plague. ]]> 2018-12-14 13:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/314641198 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/314641846 Contrary to popular belief, it was likely the disease was spread by people, person to person rather than by rats. It’s easier to explain if the disease spread by people, because it would be faster than rats.]]> 2018-12-14 13:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/314641846 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/314646366 A gathering of plague doctors]]> 2018-12-14 14:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/314646366 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/314647921 The bubonic plague, often known as the 'Black Death' was a devastating disease that, in the 1300's, killed over half the population of Europe. People who suffered from the disease got terrible black boils that popped up on their body, and sometimes victims' lungs were filled with blood from the disease. ]]> 2018-12-14 14:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/314647921 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/315141653 The Black Death was something that the world did not easily recover from. With all the social and economic effects following the disease, European society didn't go back to normal for a long time, as far as economy and population. Half of the people in the region died, that's not an occurrence the government or society knows how to immediately deal with.]]> 2018-12-17 13:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/315141653 vhiraeth https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/315144357 The gruesome and gory aspects of history have always been of interest to me personally, so the Black Death was something that especially caught my attention in class.]]> 2018-12-17 13:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/vhiraeth/9buvlluzxtq3/wish/315144357