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The Crusades and the Black
Death
The Crusades
• The Crusades were an
attempt by the
European Church to
“reclaim the Holy
Land”
• Jerusalem had been
conquered by Arabs
around 640 AD
• 1095 Pope Urban calls
for first Crusade
Crusades
• Christian knights
captured parts of
Palestine/Syria
• 7 crusades in all from
1095-1300 including
“Children’s Crusade”
• Popes wanted to keep
armies out of Europe
and increase power
Crusades
• By 1291 Muslims
recapture all lands in
“Holy Land”
• Crusades a failureBUT- open Europe up
to Middle East trading,
new knowledge and
technologiesEuropeans go explore
The Plague
“Black Death”
• BUBONIC - The
bacteria from flea
bite invades lymph
node -causes great
swelling. Internal
bleeding starts
• Blood dries under
the skin and turns
black , hence the
name "Black Death".
The Culprits
The Plague
• Enters Europe from
Asia spread by rats
• Caused 25 million
deaths throughout
Europe
• Superstition/ Fear
spread in Europe-Jews
blamed
The Plague
• Plague affected
authority of Churchwhich did not have
answers
• Feudalism changedworkers so scarce
could demand high
wages
• Population wouldn’t
increase until 1400s
Lancing a Buboe
The Disease Cycle
Flea drinks rat blood
that carries the
bacteria.
Bacteria
multiply in
flea’s gut.
Human is infected!
Flea bites human and
regurgitates blood
into human wound.
Flea’s gut clogged
with bacteria.
Medieval Art & the Plague
Boccaccio in The Decameron
The victims ate lunch with their
friends and dinner with their
ancestors.
Medieval Art & the Plague
Bring out your dead!
Attempts to Stop the Plague
A Doctor’s
Robe
“Leeching”
The Mortality Rate
35% - 70%
25,000,000 dead !!!