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The Black Death

Explore the origins of the 1347 plague, its spread in Europe, symptoms, mortality rates, artistic reflections, attempts to stop it, and its profound political, economic, and social effects. Witness the drastic shifts in society due to this catastrophic event.

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The Black Death

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  1. The Black Death

  2. Origin of the plague

  3. 1347: Plague Reaches Europe!

  4. The Culprits

  5. The Disease Cycle Flea drinks rat blood that carries the bacteria. Bacteria multiply in flea’s gut. Human is infected! Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound. Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.

  6. The Famine of 1315-1317 • By 1300 Europeans were farming almost all the land they could cultivate. • A population crisis developed. • Climate changes in Europe produced three years of crop failures between 1315-17 because of excessive rain. • As many as 15% of the peasants in some English villages died. • One consequence ofstarvation & povertywas susceptibility todisease.

  7. The Symptoms 1 Bulbous Septicemic Form:almost 100% mortality rate.

  8. The Symptoms 2 Septicemic Form:almost 100% mortality rate.

  9. Medieval Art & the Plague

  10. Medieval Art & the Plague

  11. Medieval Art & the Plague An obsession with death.

  12. Boccaccio in The Decameron The victims ate lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors.

  13. Death Triumphant :A Major Artistic Theme

  14. Attempts to Stop the Plague “Leeching” A Doctor’s Robe

  15. Lancing a bubo

  16. Attempts to Stop the Plague Flagellanti:Self-inflicted penance for their sins!

  17. Attempts to Stop the Plague Pogromsagainst the Jews “Golden Circle” obligatory badge “Jew” hat

  18. The Mortality Rate 30% - 35% 25,000,000 dead !!!

  19. What were thepolitical,economic,and social effectsof the Black Death??

  20. The consequences of this violent catastrophe were many: • a cessation of wars • a sudden slump in trade • the drastic reduction of the amount of land under cultivation • the ruin of many landowners • the shortage of labour compelled the substitution of wages or money rents in place of labour services in an effort to keep their tenants. • there was also a general rise in wages • these changes brought a new social fluidity

  21. A rough estimate is that 25 million people died from plague during the Black Death. The population of western Europe did not reach again its pre-1348 level until the beginning of the 16th century.

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