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THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
Ring around the RosiesRing around the RosiesPocket full of posiesAshes, ashes (or a-
choo, a-choo)We all fall down!
The Black Death/Plague Passed from country to
country along trade routes Infection spread by fleas &
rats (fed on blood) Symptoms: swollen lymph
nodes (groin, armpit, neck) – sometimes egg-sized
Coughing & spitting blood Body smell
Spread of the Black Death
Eyewitness account, p.565
Illustration, Toggenburg Bible (1411), above
Disfigured monks being blessed (wikipedia), below
Danse Macabre, inspired by the Black Death (above)
“Doctor Beak of Rome”, plague doctor(below)
Facts Death estimate: 1/8-1/2
Europe’s population 2/3 of some cities wiped
out Self-imposed quarantines
began (although they didn’t exist formally)
Skeleton became popular feature in art, music & literature
Social Effects Morals disappeared (some areas) More pious (other areas) – lots of gifts to
churches Church weakened Jews became scapegoats – many burned
to death Labour shortages
Early “cures” (do not copy) People were superstitious and thought
the following would work: bathing in human urine wearing of excrement placing dead animals in homes use of leeches drinking molten gold and powdered
emeralds
Economic Effects 150 years to recover Less food needed, agriculture suffered Fewer skilled craftsmen, prices of
manufactured good rose Innovation discouraged (too risky) Power shifted from city to countryside Peasant revolts
100 Years War Changes in warfare – European
recipe for gunpowder – changed fighting tactics
Cannons, muskets Rivalry between England &
France Who was the rightful king of
France? Actually lasted 116 years French soldiers drove English out,
thanks to Joan of Arc
Battle of Sluys, above(wikipedia)
Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans, below
Joan of Arc Illiterate peasant 17 years old Believed she heard voices –
told her to force the English out of France
Led army of several thousand French
Tried for heresy, executed - body burned 2-3 times
Church at the site of Joan of Arc’s execution, Rouen
Tower where she was imprisoned, Rouen(right)
Joan interrogated in her prison cell by the cardinal of Winchester, 1824 (below)
Joan at the Coronation of Charles VII Jeanne d’Arc (Eugene Thirion)
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