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Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY
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The CulpritsThe Culprits
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The Famine of The Famine of 1315-13171315-1317 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.
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1347: Plague 1347: Plague Reaches Reaches
Constantinople!Constantinople!
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The The SymptomsSymptoms
Bulbous
Septicemic Form:
almost 100% mortality rate.
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From the From the Toggenburg Toggenburg BibleBible, 1411, 1411
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Lancing a BuboeLancing a Buboe
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The Disease The Disease CycleCycle
Flea drinks rat blood that carries the
bacteria.
Flea drinks rat blood that carries the
bacteria.
Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.
Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.
Bacteriamultiply inflea’s gut.
Bacteriamultiply inflea’s gut.
Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.
Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.
Human is infected!Human is infected!
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Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
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Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
Bring out your dead!
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Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
An obsession with death.
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Boccaccio in Boccaccio in The The DecameronDecameron
Boccaccio in Boccaccio in The The DecameronDecameron
The victims ate lunch with their friends and
dinner with their ancestors.
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The The Danse Danse MacabreMacabre
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Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlague
A Doctor’s Robe
“Leeching”
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Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlague
Flagellanti:Self-inflicted “penance” for our
sins!
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Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlaguePograms against the
Jews
“Jew” hat
“Golden Circle” obligatory badge
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Death Triumphant !:Death Triumphant !:A Major Artistic A Major Artistic
ThemeTheme
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A Little Macabre A Little Macabre DittyDitty“A sickly season,” the
merchant said,“The town I left was filled with dead,and everywhere these queer red fliescrawled upon the corpses’ eyes,eating them away.”
“Fair make you sick,” the merchant said,“They crawled upon the wine and bread.Pale priests with oil and books,bulging eyes and crazy looks,dropping like the flies.”
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A Little Macabre A Little Macabre Ditty (2)Ditty (2)“I had to laugh,” the merchant
said,“The doctors purged, and dosed, and bled;“And proved through solemn disputation“The cause lay in some constellation.“Then they began to die.”
“First they sneezed,” the merchant said,“And then they turned the brightest red,Begged for water, then fell back.With bulging eyes and face turned black,they waited for the flies.”
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A Little Macabre A Little Macabre Ditty (3)Ditty (3)“I came away,” the
merchant said,“You can’t do business with the dead.“So I’ve come here to ply my trade.“You’ll find this to be a fine brocade…”And then he sneezed……….!
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The Mortality
Rate35% - 70%
25,000,000 dead !!!
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What were thepolitical,
economic,and social
effectsof the Black
Death??