HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bubonic Plague, Black Death, Middle Ages
19 Jan 2018
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Black death- worse plague to ever hit europe: also known as the great plague and bubonic plague. 1348- black death invaded france this year, this is when the middle ages ended. This was all before the plague even happened: begin to question whether they are being punished by their gods, plague came from asia to europe in 1346, travelled inland in. Asia all the way around to russia again: explaining the spread: travelled via trade networks of. Europe, evidence of how closely connected the towns in. There was very poor hygiene and sanitary conditions. There lack of medical knowledge made it difficult to even understand what was happening: they"re explanations: wrath of god, corrupt air, poison in wells, reaction: needed someone to blame-> blamed the jews mostly and some lepars and witches. People were trying to repent their sins because they believed this was the wrath of god.
