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Urbanization and the Black Death

The Black Death and how it affected society

More effects on society...

How it affected society...

Economic Dislocation:

-Trade declined.

-Florence's Woolen Industry

-Shortage of workers caused a rise in the price of labor.

-Low demand for food, resulting in falling prices.

Population Decline

Italy:

-50 to 60 percent of the population died.

England and Germany:

-Entire villages simply disappeared.

-Between 1347-1351, out of the 78 million people, 38 million had died in Europe.

References:

http://study.com/cimages/multimages/16/black_death.pngk

http://www.history.com/topics/black-death

http://www.historytoday.com/ole-j-benedictow/black-death-greatest-catastrophe-ever

https://shelf.brytewave.com/#/books/9781305537828/cfi/468!/4/4@0.00:0.00

The Black Death in Europe

- Reached Europe in October 1347.

- Brought from Caffa to the island of Sicily off the coast of Italy by Genoese merchants.

- Some of the sailors had been infected with the disease and whenever they sailed across the nations, so did the plague followed their trade routes.

- After entering Europe through Sicily, the Black Death had killed almost one quarter and one half of the population within just three years.

Effects continued...

Revolts:

-New government taxes leading to rural revolts.

-The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

The Black Death

in a cluster:-

What is the "Black Death" ?

- The Black Death is a term referring to a plague that caused the death of millions of peoples during the mid-fourteenth century.

- It spread to areas of Asia, North Africa, Europe, and to areas of southwestern China and the Middle East as well.

- Although not discovered instantly, the cause of the Black Death was later researched and discovered by the French Biologist Alexandre Yersin.

- According to Alexandre Yersin, the plague was spread by a bacillus named Yersinia pestis.

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