The Black Death and the Transformation of the West
David Herlihy
Edited with Introduction by Samuel K. Cohn, Jr.
Fifth Printing, 2001
Harvard University Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England David Herlihy investigated the history of Europe. His main points were to understand the economic and social views and statuses during the Black Death of 1348. The Black Death was a dark approach to the sickness that had spread itself throughout England in the last 1940s. David Herlihy wrote three essays that was presented in the book: The Black Death and the Transformation of the West. In this book Herlihy wanted to explain how the epidemic came around and what its effects on the population of the Europe were. The epidemic resided from 1348 to 1349 taking over three-fourths of the population. The name for the …show more content…
Historians considered the economic structure during the Middle Ages with the limited information that was available to them. Desertion of the cities was an outcome of the epidemic. As another outcome more priest, physicians and gravediggers were needed. Because of the decrease in people it left open property and land within the cities and other places. The traditional ways of life that the people of Europe once lived by was uprooted and changed.
Herlihy stated that “The impact of the Black Death on the social and cultural life of Europe was similar to its effects upon the economy.” Basically, he was saying that just how the plague changed the traditional ways it also changed the public outlook of the residents of Europe. Division between the sick and healthy citizens, race, and economical status of the people was great and caused problems within the civilization. Even with the toll of the multitude of deaths, the wealthy citizens turned the funerals into a sort of grand event and decided to bury the bodies within the church instead of in the
David Herlihy
Edited with Introduction by Samuel K. Cohn, Jr.
Fifth Printing, 2001
Harvard University Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England David Herlihy investigated the history of Europe. His main points were to understand the economic and social views and statuses during the Black Death of 1348. The Black Death was a dark approach to the sickness that had spread itself throughout England in the last 1940s. David Herlihy wrote three essays that was presented in the book: The Black Death and the Transformation of the West. In this book Herlihy wanted to explain how the epidemic came around and what its effects on the population of the Europe were. The epidemic resided from 1348 to 1349 taking over three-fourths of the population. The name for the …show more content…
Historians considered the economic structure during the Middle Ages with the limited information that was available to them. Desertion of the cities was an outcome of the epidemic. As another outcome more priest, physicians and gravediggers were needed. Because of the decrease in people it left open property and land within the cities and other places. The traditional ways of life that the people of Europe once lived by was uprooted and changed.
Herlihy stated that “The impact of the Black Death on the social and cultural life of Europe was similar to its effects upon the economy.” Basically, he was saying that just how the plague changed the traditional ways it also changed the public outlook of the residents of Europe. Division between the sick and healthy citizens, race, and economical status of the people was great and caused problems within the civilization. Even with the toll of the multitude of deaths, the wealthy citizens turned the funerals into a sort of grand event and decided to bury the bodies within the church instead of in the