How Did The Plague Change In Europe During The Fourteenth Century

During the fourteenth century, Europe suffered many catastrophes that eventually went down in history. The Black Death which was the most horrible made people lives change tremendously. There was severe weather and crazy winters that hurt corps and made the economic crisis began. The plague was horrific there was a wide spread that passed from Asia through Europe during the mid-fourteenth century. In the beginning of the fourteenth century there were no signs of the disease until fall of 1347. That had originated in China in 1334 and spread along the trade routes. The plague killed one third of the Europe people in a three year span. The disease wiped out whole towns sometime not even enough people left to bury the dead. This was a major population change in the late middle ages made lifestyle and cultures different for Europeans. There were many turning points during the Black Death Plague effected many people. There were families, farmers, the workers, the crops, and land owners numerous things had changed for them like money and survival status. Families were effected they did …show more content…
This disease was causing families to make drastic decisions about love ones. They were forced to abandon their families and their homes some fled to villages and others villas in hopes of not spreading the disease and to get a change of fresh air. The lawyers were not even willing to work with families afraid of catching the disease so people were basically left with nothing. There were many rumors of where the disease came from but no one was really sure. “All the same, knowing the life cycle of Yersinia pestis is essential to modern understanding of its impact on humans’ history and course the disease to in the 1300’s” (Mark Damen 3). This was a very trying time for the