The plague commonly known as The Black Death first arrived in Europe around October 1347 at the port of Genoa. The Black Death did not catch on with Europeans until around nineteenth century. It took the plague about three years to achieve the status of pandemic. By the end of the plague about a third of the worlds population was erased as a direct result. The Black Death reshaped the world in numerous ways such as trade between nations, economy, and religion.
Christians throughout Europe were beginning to persecute people of Jewish descent. The Jews have been persecuted all throughout history, from the time of Jesus, The Black Death, Holocaust. The Jews were always a target because they had different religious beliefs from everyone else. There …show more content…
First local governments, and then in the case of England, the monarchy, attempted to regulate the movement and price of foodstuffs as well as wages paid to laborers. The English Statute of Laborers of 1351 tried to hold wages at pre-plague levels. Similar statutes were passed in various parts of France, Germany, and Italy.
Landlords tried to collect higher fees from tenant farmers as a way to increase declining incomes. Unrest among the peasants was one of the major causes of the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. The English rebels objected to high payments to landowners and legal limitations on the rights of some peasants. Economic and political unrest occurred in most parts of Europe during the second half of the 14th century.
The plague had no permanent effect on the course of politics, but it did take its toll. King Alfonso XI of Castile was the only reigning monarch to die of the plague, but many lesser notables died, including the queens of Aragon and France, and the son of the Byzantine emperor. Parliaments were adjourned when the plague struck, though they were reconvened. The Hundred Years ' War was suspended in 1348 because so many soldiers died. But it started up again, soon enough. The effect at local levels was more severe. City councils were ravaged. Whole families of local nobles were wiped out. Courts closed down and wills could not be …show more content…
Whole families would die within a night...It was believe that this was truly the end of the earth. There were many theories on what caused it...Witch craft, the Jewish Population and the cure ...the persecution of both... Black death affect on daily life took place after the majority of people had died...Fields, villages, business, etc were left without people to farm food, make products, etc...Manual labor which was in over abundance...was now in demand (Cheap labor is how the lords and land owners made their money)...This also allowed for the peasants to start demanding better treatment and wages. Whole villages were wiped out. Whole generations of traditions, local knowledge etc was lost. There was nobody to harvest, transport, sell the crops - leading to hunger issues. People were falsely accused of carriers - & frequently many Cats & Dogs were killed in the process - causing the rat population to
Christians throughout Europe were beginning to persecute people of Jewish descent. The Jews have been persecuted all throughout history, from the time of Jesus, The Black Death, Holocaust. The Jews were always a target because they had different religious beliefs from everyone else. There …show more content…
First local governments, and then in the case of England, the monarchy, attempted to regulate the movement and price of foodstuffs as well as wages paid to laborers. The English Statute of Laborers of 1351 tried to hold wages at pre-plague levels. Similar statutes were passed in various parts of France, Germany, and Italy.
Landlords tried to collect higher fees from tenant farmers as a way to increase declining incomes. Unrest among the peasants was one of the major causes of the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. The English rebels objected to high payments to landowners and legal limitations on the rights of some peasants. Economic and political unrest occurred in most parts of Europe during the second half of the 14th century.
The plague had no permanent effect on the course of politics, but it did take its toll. King Alfonso XI of Castile was the only reigning monarch to die of the plague, but many lesser notables died, including the queens of Aragon and France, and the son of the Byzantine emperor. Parliaments were adjourned when the plague struck, though they were reconvened. The Hundred Years ' War was suspended in 1348 because so many soldiers died. But it started up again, soon enough. The effect at local levels was more severe. City councils were ravaged. Whole families of local nobles were wiped out. Courts closed down and wills could not be …show more content…
Whole families would die within a night...It was believe that this was truly the end of the earth. There were many theories on what caused it...Witch craft, the Jewish Population and the cure ...the persecution of both... Black death affect on daily life took place after the majority of people had died...Fields, villages, business, etc were left without people to farm food, make products, etc...Manual labor which was in over abundance...was now in demand (Cheap labor is how the lords and land owners made their money)...This also allowed for the peasants to start demanding better treatment and wages. Whole villages were wiped out. Whole generations of traditions, local knowledge etc was lost. There was nobody to harvest, transport, sell the crops - leading to hunger issues. People were falsely accused of carriers - & frequently many Cats & Dogs were killed in the process - causing the rat population to