This picture I found on google, this is individuals dead on the road from the Black Death.
I decided to venture off and find something about the Middle Ages outside of class. I came up with the black death. The Black Death, also referred as the bubonic plague, this had killed over 20 million people in Europe. This entered Europe in 1347, it was brought over on ships by men who just made a long travel over the Black Sea. Before I had really even read about the Black Death, after seeing that this was caused by traveling over the Black Sea, I thought that the disease was named after the venture over the Sea. Although, this disease was named this because the men dying from the disease had black boils on their body that blood was trickling from the black boils. In the 19th century a scientist, by the name of Alexandre Yersin founded that this plague was caused by a germ, Yersina pestis. This bacteria is seen on bite marks from infected fleas and rats. The plague not only killed 30% of Europe's population, but had also made its way to France, Lyon, and London. As all folks from the Middle Ages are religious, the people believed that this illness was a punishment coming from God for sins they have committed. The only way have God forgive them, they thought, was to get rid of the troublemakers and sinners within their community. This began the elimination of Jews by 1349. The Black Death was a major and detrimental event and was crucial to the life of Middle Ages.
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Unfortunately we're not going to get to talk too much about the Black Death, but it is fascinating. We WILL, however, talk A LOT about Jewishness and the way that Jewish people were used as scapegoats. Stay tuned!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately we're not going to get to talk too much about the Black Death, but it is fascinating. We WILL, however, talk A LOT about Jewishness and the way that Jewish people were used as scapegoats. Stay tuned!
ReplyDeleteDr. Mann,
DeleteIt seems as many aspects and different parts of cultures that the Jews are seen as scapegoats and bad people. The holocaust comes to mind. And also, now we are staring to learn more about the hatred of Jews throughout the Middle Ages.
It's pretty sad to see how awful humans treat others just because they are different than themselves.
DeleteThe Black Death sounds awful, considering how catastrophic it was you cannot really blame the surviving population for believing that it is God's punishment. Can you imagine how poorly they treated the ill?! Since a lot of my knowledge has a Scottish/Irish focus, here is an interesting fact for you: apparently there is an alley in Edinburgh called Mary King's Close, it is rumored that those who were sick with the plague were forced into the alley, the entrance and exit were walled up, the sick were left in their misery to die. I do not know how accurate this story is it may be an urban legend or it may be the truth.
ReplyDeleteKinzi, wow! That sounds horrible and it seems to go along with the picture I posted. It seems as if they just let the individuals lay in the street until their death. It's horrifying to know about the poor health care back then and if you got any sickness they just left you to die. Glad I was born within modern medicine!
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