In the wake of the plague #62-100

Lords and Peasants
Previously chapter explained that the plague struck various countries in the Middle East during the pandemic, leading to serious depopulation and permanent change in both economic and social structures. 14th century doctors never identified the emergency of the anthrax epidemic about human because the first stage of the bubonic plague and anthrax were identical; they thought that the anthrax attack on human was familiar and this lad to the dead of a lot of people. History statistics showed that the Black Death estimated to have killed about 30% – 60% of Europe's population.
The Lords of England would hire serfs (slaves but not treated as badly as the American slaves), they would work on their land and would have some reward them with food. The rich would consume a lot of red meat which was bad; also people began to diet and ate wheat and oat which would cause malnutrition. In the summer of 1316 – 1317, the sun did not shine, the crops failed to grow causing starvation and food shortage; there was famine and this resulted in death. Historian believes that the famine and war and bad war contributed to the Black Death. The lack of food made the immune system weak. Undernourished bodies were more easily to prey to the Black Death. Dead bodies were usually stacked upon each body and this would produce an unwanted stench and making people to cover up and not come out. The Black Death represented a crisis that imposed an additional burden on the business men. The business went under pressure.
During and after the plague, landlords put up the price of their land and peasants were trying to improve their position in a labor market favorable to themselves. This resulted in the great medieval working class rebellion, the revolt of 1381. The loosening of the bonds and bound of rural society caused by the Black Death and resulting to the revolt of 1381 led to the working class takeover of the government and a socialist state.
The main social consequence of the Black Death was not the moving up of the peasants, but the further progress along the road to class ramification in the capitalist economy. The wealthiest peasants took advantage of the poorer peasants. Their misery kept piling up. The plague turned the civilization of England into a world that people struggled to get food. It became a fearful world in which natural things threaten people and people lived in constant fear of starvation, devastation and death. Violence, drunkenness and physical accidents were common.
If the lords were struck badly by the great plague, the peasants were struck more and badly, this led the society to grief and caused anxiety and confusion. The peasants who lived during this time felt the displacement in their bones.

Quotes
A poem from the book
Pearls
“Drawn heavenward by divine accord I had seen and heard mysteries yet; but always men would have and hoard and again the more, the more they get. So banished I was, by cares besets from realms eternal untimely sent. How badly, lord they strive and fret whose acts accord not with your consents” (Borroff 98)

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I think that this quote is very important because it reflects how the Black Death took thing away from people; this includes family member, friend and livestock. This quote talks about a girl who is the subject of the poem she was expressed as a pearl by the author. The motif that I saw in this poem was death because the last two lines talk about the people dying and I think that the young girl was killed by the Black Death.

In the wake of the Plauge #1-62

Summary
Chapter one talks about the various diseases that plagued the earth. According to cantor, Infectious disease was the leading cause death worldwide and the third leading cause in the United States, but it already started in Europe and was the reason of the citizen reduction in England particularly. In England the kids sang a song that related that related to the Black Death, called “Ring around the Rosie” the origin the song describes what the disease did to people such as discoloring and the flulike symptoms. The Song was used to reflect of adult anxiety and effort on concerning devastation events. Although the Spanish influenza epidemic killed 50 million people and the pestilence disease killed 20 million, they were nothing compared to the Black Death.
The black death of 1348-49 was the greatest biomedical disaster in Europe and worldwide. “Devastated nations and caused population to vanish…swallowed up many good things of the civilization and wiped them out of the entire inhabited world” (Khaldun 6). Many historian of medicine have been able to determine the Black Death was at least been caused by Bubonic Plague, a disease carried by parasites on the back of rodents (Black Rats). Might have been disseminated by shipping in international trade, when human contact this disease there are 4 out of 5 probabilities that they would die in 2 weeks. Scientist also believed that anthrax murrain (cattle disease) was a possible explanatory of the Black. This is cause by eating tainted meat from sick herds and just as eating chimpanzees is believed to have started AIDS in East African.
The first stage of the Black Plague was the flulike symptoms, then accompanied by high fever. The second stage involved buboes. Black welts and bulges appear in the groin or near the armpits. The buboes grow dark on the skin and are extremely painful. The victim begins to vomit and have diarrhea. The third and as scientists say the fatal stage is being infected by pneumonia. People were told not to bath and it became dangerous to do so. Europe entered the pungent no bath era. Even Napoleon Bonaparte did not bathe.
The Black Death was also seen in the luxurious France city Bordeaux, the water on the town was infected to badly that it began to stink. Princess Joan dead of the disease on the visit to France, Most rich people ignored the mayor’s warning and continues to use the water.
In the years of the Black Death, England was still an intensely rural society. Red meat was eaten by the rich social class. They ate this from morning to night. According to Cantor, animals raised under crowed conditions were prone to cattle epidemics of which had anthrax in them. ‘
As part of the human genetics development, researchers discovered that a genetic mutant that has occurred before gives human carrier of CCR5 immunity against HIV and AIDS. If a Caucasian ancestor survived the plague, then the generations are completely immune from HIV/AIDS
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"So nature killed many thought corruption, death came driving after her and dashed all the dust, kings and knights and empower and popes; he left no man standing, whether ignorant or learned, whatever he hits stirred and never afterward. Many a lovely lady and their lover-knights swooned and died in sorrow of death's blows...." (Wenzel 6)

"Ring around the Rosie"
"Ring around the rosies,
A pocketful of posies
Ashes Ashes
We all fall down." (Cantor 5).


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The first quote describes how the Black Death would come and kill any in its way. You did not have to be rich or poor to be killed the death, many who thought of having a peaceful life and enjoying their wealth were killed by a mysterious disease that was not yet known to be cured. Where he said “Death came driving after her and dashed all the dust” is a very strong image because it lets the audience know what the Plague did and how it destroy many civilization. Reading this book is very interesting because it makes me appreciate the technology we have and how we have improve on being a modern society that specializes in math and science.

The other quote is the song that the children would sing of the plague. It makes me think about how life is beautiful but at the same time it can be short. It makes me think about how reality can be unbearably horrible