Bubonic Plague DBQ

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The reason the bubonic plague was so devastating to the European society is because no one was prepared for so many people to die so quickly. This event that reached Italy in the spring of 1348 was one of the most deeply stressing moments of humanity that faced most of Europe. No only did 50% of Europe’s population die it affected every single part of the European society. The culture, education, economy, religion, and the simplicity of life was turned upside down from this epidemic. Not only was were the symptoms of the plague bad, while you had the symptoms you suffered with the misery effects of the plague that there was no cure for. It began with “swellings in the groin and armpit, then eventually spread across the whole body.” Then “dark …show more content…

Not only was art just influenced by the Black Death, things like nursery rhymes that were heard by children were influenced by the plague. In document 4 it starts to talk about Ring Around Rosie. Now, you might of heard of the children rhyme Ring Around The Rosie. The children rhyme that is still used today and told to young kids has a hidden meaning that was influenced by the …show more content…

People “died by the hundreds, both day and night, and all were thrown in ditches and covered with earth.” Most people lost their close family like parents,siblings,cousins and even there not so close family like distant relatives or close friends. Most people that were lost during this time period “died with no one looking for them.”( Document 3). People where so unaffected by death and they had no emotion to when people died. “Child abandoned the father, husband the wife, wife the husband,one brother the other, one sister the other. In all the city there was nothing to do but carry the dead to a burial.” (Document 3). Knowing that even if you survive this epidemic you’ll have to go through life after on your own and completely start over. With no family,friends, or relatives, you have start life over completely and nothing will be the same. No matter how bad you wanted to help