Transcript The Crusades and the Black Death

Results of the Crusades
• Increased dislike/mistrust among Christians,
Muslims and Jews.
• Popes and Lords lost power
• Kings gained power
• International Trade Reborn
• Interest in Exploration
The Black Death
The years 1347-1352, 1362, 1363
The Black Death
• In 1347, four Genoese trade ships from Kaffa arrived in
Sicily from the Black Sea.
– Most of the crew was dead or dying
• The trade ships brought goods from China but also…a
deadly cargo, a disease later called…the Black Death.
• The disease soon spread to Italy, France Germany,
England following the trade routes.
– Off Italy’s coast ships full of dead men floated by…
– By 1348 45,000-65,000 people in Florence were killed by Plague
• Poor sanitary conditions in Europe helped disease spread
rapidly.
The Plague
“Black Death”
• BUBONIC - The
bacteria from flea bite
invades lymph node causes great swelling.
Internal bleeding starts
• Blood dries under the
skin and turns black ,
hence the name "Black
Death".
• Many died w/in 24 hrs of
contracting disease.
The Plague
• Entered Europe from
Asia spread by rats
• No one knew the
cause
• Caused 25 million
deaths throughout
Europe
• Superstition/ Fear
spread in Europe-Jews
blamed
The Culprits
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 clogged
with bacteria.
The Plague
Death carts like this one became a
common site in Europe
• Plague affected
authority of Churchwhich did not have
answers or ability to
stop its spread.
• Feudalism changedworkers so scarce
could demand high
wages
• Population wouldn’t
increase until 1400s
Lancing a Buboe
Late Medieval Art & the Plague
Boccaccio in The Decameron
The victims ate lunch with their
friends and dinner with their
ancestors.
Medieval Art & the Plague
Bring out your dead!
Attempts to Stop the Plague
A Doctor’s
Robe
“Leeching”
The Mortality Rate
35% - 70%
25,000,000 dead !!!