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The Black Plague was a very dangerous plague that started in Europe in the early 1300’s. It took out nearly a third of all the European population during the first wave and more followed that. This plague started thanks to the Y. Pestis bug in China and from there, it just rapidly began to spread across Europe. Of course, we now know a lot of information about this today, but in the early 1300’s people didn’t really understand what was going on. The Europeans began to try to figure out the…

Have you ever heard of an unsolved mystery called the “Dancing Plague”? The “Dancing Plague” began on July of 1518, Strasbourg France. The phenomenon of mass, frenzied dancing affected large populations in various parts of France. The “Dancing Plague” will most likely remain forever unsolved due to the fact that there are so many possible causes, the technology was not advanced enough at the time, and there is not very much evidence because it was so long ago. It all started with a woman…

The Middle Ages (1066-1485) was a huge part in American Literature, many High School textbook contains the majority of epic poems that were written in that time. The Middle Ages was also known as the “Dark Ages”. The era was faced with multiple issues like all of the plagues that they faced. The Middle Ages was known for the horrific Black Death which killed so many families and cities. Most stories that are from The Middle Ages include the stories of the Black Death or the reasons of why it’s…

voices inspired on David’s lament over the death of his son Absalom. This motet contains religious subject because the poem is taken from the old testament of the Bible; however, it is not part of the liturgy. Departing from the tradition of the Medieval times, motets of the renaissance abandoned the use of the cantus firmus as a base of composition. Instead, all voices are polyphonically equal in values. In addition, some of the main characteristics of the renaissance music used in this…

the kings didn’t help during the time when the Vikings attacked, they are still at the top of the feudal society but powerful nobles became lords of the local land and were responsible for making the feudal system work. . As the Vikings raided Medieval Europe they exposed many things all about the kings. They exposed the weaknesses of the kings who lived too far away from people in their kingdom, therefore…

During the 1300s, medieval urban streets were narrow and crowded with human excrement and dead animals. This disgusting scenery would prove to hearten contagions such as the Black Death, as this situation attracted disease-ridden rodents as well as fleas and body lice. Moreover…

wages did not result in the peasants to be able to suffice their lifestyle based upon their income. As time progressed and the economic structure weakened a collapse of the economy was an unprecedented outcome of the Black Death. As stated by The Medieval…

During the Middle Ages, society was corrupt, millions died from disease and Christians were slowly destroying Europe. It was the time period after the fall of Rome (500 AD) that lasted about one thousand years. During the Middle Ages, 30-60% of Europe’s population was wiped out by a sickness commonly referred to as the Black Death. Also, brutal religious wars known as the Crusades were occurring between Muslims and Christians to see who could gain control over the Holy Land, Jerusalem. The…

The basic basics (basic background knowledge before you go) The Black Death The Black Death was a deadly plague, made up of the septicaemic, the pneumonic and the bubonic plague. It occurred during the Middle Ages killing millions from China, across to Europe and down to Africa and Egypt. The plague was a pandemic because this it was so brutal and damaged a vast amount of the population in many different countries. The septicaemic The rarest and most deadly form of the plague was the…

Courtly love is falling in love with a person and not being able to confess that love. “The Knight’s Tale” is a part of The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, and is all about this concept. While on the journey to Canterbury, the knight shares his tale conveying the true identity of courtly love; it manipulates the power it has to control and ultimately ruin lives. He show this through the story of how two cousins fall in love with a woman during their life imprisonment. Arcita and…