THINK PAIR SHARE USE FOR THE VIDEO THE BLACK DEATH What social and economic effects did the Black Death have on Europe A great plague known as the Black Death the most devastating natural disaster in European ID: 912724
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Slide1
Think of a time that you were sick from school or maybe your parents were sick from work. What were some of the consequences of being sick?
THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Slide2USE FOR THE VIDEO
Slide3THE BLACK DEATH
Slide4What social and economic effects did the Black Death have on Europe?
Slide5A great plague known as the
Black Death
, the most devastating natural disaster in European
history
was
killing
off
1/3
of the
European population
from 1347 to 1351
WHAT
WAS HAPPENING?
Slide6Italian merchants brought the
plague
with them
from
Kaffa
, on the
Black Sea
,
to
the island of
Sicily in October 1347.The plague
had spread to southern Italy
and southern France by the end of 1347. In 1348 and 1349, the plague spread through France, the Low Countries (modern Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands), and Germany. It ravaged England in 1349 and expanded to northern Europe and Scandinavia.
WHERE
WAS IT HAPPENING?
Slide7Bubonic
plague
was the
most common form
of
the
Black Death
. It was
spread by black rats infested with fleas
carrying a deadly bacterium.
Usually
, the path of the Black Death followed trade routes.People did not know what caused the plague
. Many
believed that God sent it as punishment for their sins or that the devil caused it. Extreme reactions led to anti-Semitism, or hostility toward Jews, who were sometimes falsely accused of causing the plague by poisoning town wells.
WHY
WAS THIS HAPPNNING?
Slide8The death
of
so
many people had
economic
consequences
. Trade declined, and a
shortage of workers
caused a dramatic rise (increase)
in the price of labor. WHAT WERE THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS?
Slide9Some peasants
bargained
with their
lords
to
pay rent instead
of
owing
services (Feudalism). This change freed them
from
serfdom, an institution that had been declining throughout the High Middle Ages, ultimately contributing to the end of medieval Europe.END OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Slide10What social and economic effects did the Black Death have on Europe?
Slide11From Ships carrying rats that carry the Plague
How does the Black Death spread across Europe?
Slide12Many people thought that this was God’s punishment or that Jews were poisoning wells.
How did people think the Black Death occurred?
Slide13With so many dead, labor was hard to find. Wages went up for laborers.
What was an economic consequence of the Black Death?