1. Bubonic Plague
The bubonic plague most definitely left its mark on medieval Europe. ... The streets of the afflicted towns were often littered with the bodies of the dead, and since the townspeople wanted nothing to do with the sick there was nobody to bury the bodies; and so some of the bodies were buried in mass graves, which is one of the only times rich and poor alike were buried along side one another. ... All in all in bubonic plague, or Black Death was a mysterious disease that struck medieval Europe with massive force. ...
Lots of ignorant, insolent ways were insinuated at those times. ... He gives us insights to the thinking of medieval societies in their values and often strange beliefs. ... Thinking that Medieval life is similar to our modern life is just too bizarre. ...
In this case we will examine the persecution of Jews and women in medieval society. ... In Roman times Jews were citizens, but in the later middle Ages they were treated under the law as resident foreigners. ... Still today in the modern times of the year 2003 we see discrimination and hate crimes all around the world. ...
Dead people littered the streets of China, Europe, and Asia everywhere. Cattle and livestock strayed through the country unattended. Families deserted their own blood. All of this calamity for one reason, The Black Death. The Black Death started in China in the early 1300's. Plague ma...
Pope at Avignon stopped all sessions of court,locked himself in a room,allowed no one too approach him and left a fir burning at all times." ... For instance, Jewish law compels one to wash their hands many times a day, one could not eat food without washing first their hands and bath on the Sabbath. ... "(334,Spielvogel) The Black Plague may have killed off medieval society but it gave birth to the beginning of industrial consumer society....
The Plague was a disaster without a parallel, causing dramatic changes in medieval Europe. ... The Black Death would be contracted and most times people would die within three days of receiving it. ... The attempts to rid the cities of the plague proved to be unsuccessful and often times would seem outrageous to our standards now. ... During the pre-plague times noble lords were shown in full health, in their best clothes and armor, holding their swords. ...
In The Decameron, Boccaccio places us in a time when the plague was running rampant within the medieval realm. ... Soon after, the seven women and three men quickly find themselves leaving town with only with an agenda to "pursue whatever pleasures and entertainments the present times would afford while shunning at all costs the lewd practices of their fellow citizens (16-17)." ...
