HST 111 Lecture Notes - Jacquerie, Olive Oil, Late Middle Ages
9 Oct 2012
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Carried by fleas on rats brought over by trade route (map in text book hows the spread) Single greatest diastase to eve befall western europe ever 1/3 of the population was killed. There may have been a genetic development of resistance for the small pockets that weren"t touched. Small town away from trade route were also mainly spared. Christan society said it was the result of human sin. No one really knew where it had come from. They beat themselves in the hope of being redeemed. The church disapproved and said it wasn"t christian and banned it, but that doesn"t mean it stopped. People also turned to magic, superstition; they turned to folk traditions for means of protections. Another response to the plague was to have a great time! It shattered the fundamental structure of 14th century europe. The population decimated, especially towns people, children and elderly, doctors and religious communities.
