HIST 1003 Study Guide - Western Schism, Pope Callixtus Iii, Bourgeoisie
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900-1300- long stretch of warm weather it"s referred to as the. The average temp was higher than it is today. The population increased because there was more food and the death rates decreased. There was no rain crops failed things got worse over the decades. Ice age and it ebbed and flowed to 1850. The daily temp was 5-10 degrees cooler, there was less food. 1348- the black death plague, killed many people. At least 80% of the population were peasants (small. Half of the children died before the age 5. The average male was 5"1-5"3; women were below 5 feet. They survived on bread and only had meat 2 or 3 times a year. There wasn"t much food, it was impossible to cultivate. Lived in small huts or slept with the animals to keep. Transportation and communication are markers of the modern age.
