Black Death Dbq

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Introduction:
Around 1339 in northwestern Europe, the population was very low, growing the food supply and a severe depression began to take place. The winters were very cold and therefore the summers were dry. thanks to this extreme weather, very low crops yielded and those that grew were dying. Inflation became a typical incidence and as famine broke out, people began to stress. The time period of roughly 1339 to 1346 is now called the famine before the plague. These seven dangerous years of weather and famine lead to the greatest plague of all times. Over the time of 3 years, the plague killed one third of the population in Europe with roughly twenty 5 million people dead. The Black Death killed more Europeans than the other endemic or war up to that time, greatly impacting the economy, medicine and hygiene.
Economy:
In Europe within the 1300’s, feudal system was quite common. The king would grant land to bishops and nobles who would then give an estate to a knight in return for service. The knight would generally have peasants or serfs working on their estate who would in turn give the knights something as well.
Since feudalism had a decline, finding skilled people was a challenge. Some of the hardest workers died, and therefore the peasants and artisans that survived demanded higher wages.
Hygiene: …show more content…

However, during the Black Death, health and hygiene was not healthy. Diseases were not treated properly in the medieval times, no wonder the average age people died was 40, health was a big part of this, but nowadays the average life span is 80. During this time no one knew that hygiene was the reason for the spread of the plague, peasants lived in rat and flea infested houses, only washing a couple times a year, wealthy people were able to bathe but were still not as hygienic as most people today. Spread was also caused by the waste and garbage thrown onto the

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