11.7 The Black Death of the Late Middle Ages (1).pdf

The Black Plague Class Agenda for November 7, 2023 1. Warm-up Question and some responses 2. Learning Objective: SWBAT understand how Europe changed after 1347 when the Black Death wiped out up to ½ of Europe 3. Essential Question: How did the events of the late middle ages cause Europe to change...

The Black Plague Class Agenda for November 7, 2023 1. Warm-up Question and some responses 2. Learning Objective: SWBAT understand how Europe changed after 1347 when the Black Death wiped out up to ½ of Europe 3. Essential Question: How did the events of the late middle ages cause Europe to change 4. Discuss the Late Middle Ages 5. Homework: Please read the attached reading about The Black Death or the Plague on Schoology (no summary) 6. Exit ticket The Black Death - Around 30-60% of Europe died from the plague from 1346-1350s. It didn’t affect populations of other continents as badly ● The Black Plague spread from central Asia along the Silk Road, from the fleas living on the black rats that traveled on merchant ships and by the Mongols ● The Mongols were carrying the plague when they attacked an Italian trading station in the Crimea, in 1346, ● The plague broke out on both sides ● When the Italian merchants fled on their ships, they carried the Black Plague with them, ● What caused it? corrupted air? decaying unburied bodies? poor sanitation? Evil spirits? widespread sin? Minorities? After 1350, a culture of death-themed art of pessimism, and contemporary art turned dark: La Danse Macabre, or the dance of death ● How short and vain life is, some questioned their faith - Where was god during this? - Why didn’t he help us? The Plague actually helped the surviving peasants in England and Western Europe. - Increased social mobility, because of depopulation (30-60% of population had died) - Less obligation for families to stay on lands of the lords, and - Abandoned lands and high wages eventually brought an end to feudalism in Western Europe. - The peasants’ demands for higher wages and the aristocracy’s power to stop this progression caused rebellions; The Peasants Revolt of 1381 1350-1500 in England 1300 villages deserted - Social mobility was a reality. - New labor-saving technologies created higher productivity. - A shift from grain farming to animal husbandry. Grain farming required more labor than animal husbandry did. The Plague changed the social, political, and religious aspects of life for all - It helped bring in the Renaissance