The Middle Ages 15 Facts

1. Children were supposedly forced to mary at six or eight or ten years old.
2. Partly because they were dying younger.
3. In those days they drank beer, milk, and water.
4. The middle ages had the black death (peak 1348-1350)
5. The middle ages had the western schism (1378-1417)
6. The middle ages had the hundred years war (1337-1453)
7. The middle ages had the little ice age (1300-1850)
8. The black death was a huge pandemic of a disease called the Bubonic Plague.
9. It was spread by rats, mice, and fleas.
10. The plague was spread as a result of growing human connections.
11. It was a horrible disease--after infection with the bacteria yersinia pestis, lymph nodes
swell and sometimes burst, victims often get high fevers and vomit blood; gangrene can
cause extremities and facial features to turn black with necrosis, hence the black death.
12. Between 50 and 60% of the people infected died.
13. Around 25 million people died in Asia by the time the plague reached Consantinople in
1347.
14. Within four years millions of people had died almost 2 days after catching it.
15. Family members had to choose whether to care from their loved ones or die alone.
16. Some areas lost up to 80% of their population.
17. The hundred year war added sustained turmoil and destruction.
18. The hundred year war was fought between england and france.
19. The hundred year war increased instability in the food supply, and in long-held cultural
belief.
20. Murder and violent crime rates were likely much higher than today, and dying in a war
was a pretty regular risk.
21. Child mortality was really high and as many as 50% of children didn’t live past 5.
22. This disunity combined with stories of decidedly unspiritual indulgences all served to
undermine the churches authority.
23. Constantinoble was probably Europe's Least terrible city.
24. The peasants revolt was in 1871
25. People started to fight for fame and for career.