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Life in Elizabethan England: The Bubonic Plague

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James Le

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Prelude: Bubonic Plague

Climate Change

  • 1000-1300; climate was warmer than usual in Europe
  • 1300; "Little Ice Age"

Connections: Climate Change and the Bubonic Plague

Plague Doctors

Climate Change

  • disease riddled fleas find another host after climate induced the rodent population to increase
  • rats were the main hosts of fleas

Attire

  • often wore a beak stuffed with spices and/or herbs to protect the doctor from the Black Death
  • spices and herbs were thought to have absorbed the airborne bacteria

Great Famine

  • 1315-1322
  • lack of food = vulnerability to diseases among youth/elderly
  • shortage of food led to rising costs
  • people were also weakened by poor hygiene
  • famine was interpreted as biblical
  • people turned religious

Bubonic Plague

  • trade with Asia spread the Bubonic Plague
  • plague travels through land and sea
  • often from the church or clergy

Bubonic Plague (Black Death)

Causes

  • Bacteria: Yersinia pestis
  • 1330: Mongolians spread disease through Caravan Trade

Bubonic Plague: Religious Effects

Symptoms

  • fever
  • chills
  • headache
  • fatigue
  • muscle aches
  • swollen lymph nodes (Bubos)
  • many people felt that the black plague was a punishment from god
  • led to: rise in religion and the use of Jews as scapegoats
  • church became corrupt due to people seeking salvation in the form of indulgences

Bubonic Plague: Effects on Literature/Art and Economics

Works Cited

Bubonic Plague: Social Effects

Literature/Art

  • fascination with death
  • skeletons became a common motif in art
  • "Black Death." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.
  • Alter, Charlotte. "Here's What You Need to Know About the Bubonic Plague." Time. Time, 10 Oct. 2015. Web. 18 Nov. 2015
  • "The Black Death: Bubonic Plague." The Black Death: Bubonic Plague. WideOpenDoors.net, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2015..

Economics

  • death = low productivity = lack of food production = higher food prices
  • plague killed 1/3 to 1/2 of the population of major European cities
  • Ex. Italy lost 1/2 of its population because it was strongest in trade
  • decline and marriage and birth
  • peasants had to sell their land to buy food
  • poor people blamed the rich (mostly Jewish community)

Life in Elizabethan England:

The Bubonic Plague

By Ismael Garcia

James Le

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