Medieval demography

Before the plague arrived, peasants had baths only once or twice a year. Only wealthy people, with servants to heat and carry water from the kitchen stove to the bathtub, could bathe more frequently. The medieval world was an environment in which disease could thrive. There were no garbage collections or sewerage systems and people threw their human waste and rubbish into the streets. As described nina extract from King Edward III 's letter to the mayor of…

An important era that occurred in Europe that went from 500 to 1400 B.C.E. was known as the Middle Ages. The fall of Rome and the events that followed have been known to have multiple labels because of the different phases the era went through. The eras that best describe the Middle Ages would be The Dark Ages, the Age of Feudalism, and the Age of Faith. The Dark Ages was a time of sorrow and disgrace for the people. Barbarians attacked the towns, raped and killed people and after all this…

In the novel Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel, a serve collapse occurred within the city. This outbreak affected many individuals, and the survival rate kept decreasing; 99.9% of the population has already been killed. The culprit to the collapse was known as the Georgia flu. This flu was extremely contagious. But in the novel, Mandel encounters on an interesting concept. She wants to explain that even before the collapse, life was still difficult. One way that Mandel demonstrates…

The Black Plague, also known as the Black Death, was declared as the “Greatest Catastrophe ever” (Benedictow). This disease swept over all of Europe and wiped out about one third of the population. This disease and its affects have been one of the biggest in history. The plague spread rapidly as it could be transmitted from person to person. The disease forever changed Europe’s history and population. The Black Death had huge effects on Europe based on how it spread, what the disease entailed,…

Back in the 1850s in New York, an epidemic blazed. People were becoming sick and dying. Even babies were suffering. This was the Swill Milk Scandal, a plot to make money that killed as many as 8,000 infants in just one year. People were drinking tampered swill milk and still would have been had not regular New Yorkers raised their voices and stood up for those that were sick. The same is true in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is set in 1930s Maycomb, Alabama. A girl named…

Feudalism is a political system that completely changed people during the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages was a very dark time of European rule. The disorganization that some people do not see about the Middle Ages make it out to be the dark time that it was. Invasions from the Germanic people caused much of the chaos, and a result of many of these invasions led to a central government that had little power and influence. Feudalism seemed like a good way to fix all of the disorganization, but there…

The Athenian golden Age was brought about by the defeat of the Persian army. This defeat brought about significant overall advances that would shape the world as we see it today. This includes advancements in government, literature, drama, philosophy, and the arts. The beginning of the end of this golden age started in 431 BC and lasted for 27 years. Known as the Peloponnesian war, a war between Sparta and its allies and Athens would tear apart the union between the two city-states it once had…

First of all, the Magna Carta is a document giving power to nobles and land barons from King John. As said in the text it is a “landmark on the road to limited monarchy” (Roger of Wendover). One piece of evidence in the text was “... without raising any difficulty, granted the underwritten laws and liberties, and confirmed them by his charter…” The first reason feudalism fell was because of the Magna Carta a document granting rights from King John to nobles and land barons. After a rebellious…

There were a couple of things that happened when the Crusaders entered Jerusalem during the first crusade. One of these was that they both brought many people to fight in the crusade. And the main one was that someone eventually conquered Jerusalem. These were some of the events that happened when the Crusaders entered Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Both sides brought a good amount of people into the crusade so that they would have a better chance of winning. The Muslims were granted access…

The Black Plague was no ordinary plague, it killed more than 25 million people in 1347-1353 (Dobson)! The Black Plague was the worst plague in human history because it was in a highly populated area, was easily spread and and it was hard to treat. The Black Plague was the worst disease in human history. The Black Plague was nicknamed the black death because at its worst times many people described it as a black cloud of death that was not avoidable(Dobson). The black plague killed 30% of the…