The Famine of The Famine of 1315-13171315-1317 Climate changes in Europe

produced three years of crop failures

Widespread famine and starvation

One consequence of starvation & poverty was susceptibility to disease.

The The CulpritsCulprits

The PlagueThe Plague Also called Black Death or the

Bubonic Plague

The Disease The Disease CycleCycle

Flea drinks rat blood that carries the

bacteria.

Flea drinks rat blood that carries the

bacteria.

Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.

Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.

Bacteriamultiply inflea’s gut.

Bacteriamultiply inflea’s gut.

Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.

Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.

Human is infected!Human is infected!

1st case in Europe was in Genoa, Italy in 1348

The SymptomsThe Symptoms

Fever Headache Vomiting Rash Swollen lymph nodes Blisters at flea bite Difficulty breathing

The The SymptomsSymptoms

Bulbous

Septicemia Form:

almost 100% mortality rate.

Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague

From the From the Toggenburg BibleToggenburg Bible, , 14111411

Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague

Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague

Bring out your dead!

Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague

An obsession with death.

Death Triumphant !:Death Triumphant !:A Major Artistic A Major Artistic

ThemeTheme

The The Danse Danse MacabreMacabre

•“Ring around the Rosie, Pocket full of posies, Ashes, Ashes, We all fall down

Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlague

A Doctor’s Robe

“Leeching”

Lancing a BuboeLancing a Buboe

Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlague

Flagellanti:Self-inflicted “penance” for our

sins!

Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlaguePograms (riots)

against the Jews

“Jew” hat

“Golden Circle” obligatory badge

The Mortality

Rate1 in 3 died

25% to 33%

50 - 75 million

dead !!!

• Series of Conflicts between England and France from 1337 – 1453

• Cause: economics and national pride

Joan of Arc

• French peasant girl, believed God meant her to save France

• She and the army defeated the English in several battles

Joan of Arc

• Captured by the English and burned at the stake

• French declared her a saint

• Her death rallied the French

New Weapons

• Longbow could pierce armor• Cannon

Effects

• England lost control of most of its territory to France

• Castles and knights doomed to disappear because of the new weapons

• Increase in strong monarchs with hired soldiers

• Trade continued to grow

Starter 11/21

•Write in planner.•In today’s box, tell me who the Muslim leader was that successfully recaptured Jerusalem in the 3rd Crusade.

•Clear your desk except for pen/pencil.