The Culprits

the land they could cultivate. A population crisis developed. Climate changes in Europe produced three years of crop failures between 1315 1! because of e"cessive rain. #ne conse$uence of starvation % poverty was susceptibility to disease.

The Famine of 1315-1317 By 1300 Europeans were farming almost all

1347: Plague Reaches Constantinople!

The S mptoms
Bulbous

&epticemic 'orm(
almost 100) mortality rate.

From the Toggenburg Bible! 1411

"ancing a #u$oe

'lea drin*s rat blood that carries the bacteria.

The %isease C cle

Bacteria multiply in flea+s gut.

,uman is infected-

'lea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.

'lea+s gut clogged with bacteria.

&e'ie(al )rt * the Plague

&e'ie(al )rt * the Plague

Bring out your dead!

&e'ie(al )rt * the Plague

An obsession with death.

#occaccio in The Decameron

The victims ate lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors.

The Danse Macabre

)ttempts to Stop the Plague

A .octor+s /obe

01eeching2

)ttempts to Stop the Plague

&elf inflicted 0penance2 for our sins-

'lagellanti(

)ttempts to Stop the Plague

3ogroms against the 4ews

04ew2 hat

05olden Circle2 obligatory badge

%eath Triumphant !: ) &a+or )rtistic Theme

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The &ortalit Rate35, 7-,

What were the political, economic, and social effects of the Black Death??