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The 14th-century plague known as the Black Death is thought to have killed up to 60 percent of the population in parts of Europe. The Black Death was seen by many who lived through it as a punishment from God on sinful peoples, and it had a solemn effect on European art and culture. This image, from a Flemish illustrated manuscript of 1349, shows p...
Until recently there was little archaeological evidence of the 14th century plague. But now, the results of a decade-long study, aided by a volunteer army of around 10,000 amateur archaeologists, have revealed the drastic impact of the Black Death on part of rural medieval England. The volunteers included local families, students, landowners, and m...
The study was directed by Carenza Lewis, an archaeologist at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom. She compared data about the numbers of pottery pieces dating from before the Black Death to the numbers found after the Black Death, and revealed the long term changes in population wrought by the plague. The results showed that the surveye...
The study has shown for the first time how different villages were affected by the Black Death. This map shows the relative abundance of pottery finds in the 55 surveyed villages that date from in the 200 years before the Black Death (top) and in the 200 years afterwards (below). Some villages in the surveyed area showed long-term increases in popu...
One of the worst hit villages was Pirton, in Hertfordshire, which suffered a 76 percent drop in long-term population, according to the study. This image shows volunteers digging a test pit in the garden of their home in Pirton, where 155 test pits were dug — the largest number of any of the villages in the survey. Retired archaeologist Gil Burleigh...
Data from the Pirton test pits reveal how different parts of the village were affected by the Black Death. The top frame of this map of the village shows the relative numbers of pottery pieces found in the test pits that were dated to the 200 years before the Black Death. The bottom image shows the relative numbers of found pottery pieces that were...
This image shows a medieval pottery sherd dated from before the Black Death. "The pottery looks very unremarkable, the sort of bits that you wouldn’t notice if you’re just gardening," Lewis said.
The community digs merged local passions for the past and modern community spirit in the surveyed villages. Andora Carver, who organised dozens of test pits in the Suffolk village of Nayland, said it took about two or three days for a team to dig, sieve and fill-in on of the pits. Nayland was one of a few villages in Suffolk that showed an increase...
Mar 3, 2005 · Ole J Benedictow calculated that the Black Death, or bubonic plague, killed 50 million people in the 14th century – or 60 per cent of Europe’s entire population.
Apr 16, 2020 · The outbreak of plague in Europe between 1347-1352 – known as the Black Death – completely changed the world of medieval Europe. Severe depopulation upset the socio-economic feudal system of the time but the experience of the plague itself affected every aspect of people's lives.
- Joshua J. Mark
- Effects of the Black Death included more rights for women (because so many men had died), more rights for serfs, a revision of medical knowledge, l...
- The Black Death was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis carried by fleas on rodents.
- People of the time attributed the Black Death to supernatural agencies, either God's punishment for sin or demonic attacks.
- The Black Death influenced the Protestant Reformation by weakening people's trust in the teachings of the Catholic Church, eventually allowing for...
Dec 6, 2023 · Fresco in the former Abbey of Saint-André-de-Lavaudieu, France, 14th century, depicting the plague personified as a woman, she “carries arrows that strike those around her, often in the neck and armpits — in other words, places where the buboes commonly appeared “ (Franco Mormando, Piety and Plague: from Byzantium to the Baroque, Truman State Un...
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Black Death in Europe, 14th century. Map of Europe showing the spread of the Black Death from 1347 to 1352, from lower right to left and then north and east up into Russia. Darkening pink colours indicate the year the plague reached that area (legend at upper left).
