1. 1250 – 1300 life is pretty good New Towns Charters Economy growing
Then….

2. The fairy tale may have originated in the medieval period of the
Hansel and Gretel
The fairy tale may have originated in the medieval period of the
Great Famine (1315–1321)
which caused people to do some desperate deeds like abandoning young children to fend for themselves, or even resorting to cannibalism (the witch).

3. Who knows, but it’s a good story…
The Black Death
Ring around the Rosie Pocket full of Posies Ashes, Ashes… We all fall down
Who knows, but it’s a good story…

4. Black Death of the 14th century.
There have been three major outbreaks of plague.
The Plague of Justinian in the 6th and 7th centuries
40% of the population of Constantinople died
Black Death of the 14th century.
China in the 1890s

5. Thought to have started in China Spread by the invading Mongols
The Black Death
1348 and 1350
Thought to have started in China
Spread by the invading Mongols

6. Caffa

7. Rats carried Fleas on Merchant ships
The Black Death
1348 and 1350
14th Century
Rats carried Fleas on Merchant ships
from Caffa

8. Rats and Fleas quickly spread disease once the ships landed in Italy
The Black Death
1348 and 1350
14th Century
Rats and Fleas quickly spread disease
once the ships landed in Italy

9. "Most of them remained in their houses, either through
"Most of them remained in their houses, either through poverty or in hopes of safety, and fell sick by thousands. Since they received no care and attention, almost all of them died.
Many ended their lives in the streets both at night and during the day; and many others who died in their houses were only known to be dead because the neighbors smelled their decaying bodies. With the aid of porters, if they could get them, they carried the bodies out of the houses and laid them at the door;
Most victims were interred in mass graves.

10. There was no Cure
The Doctor

11. Children were abandoned
People were killed as they tried to enter new town

12. Catholic Church had no answers
Witchcraft and Magic

13. Heresies gain followings
Catholic Church had no answers
Witchcraft and Magic
Heresies gain followings
Religious doctrine in opposition to or different to the Catholic church

14. Wild pleasures Catholic Church had no answers Witchcraft and Magic
Heresies gain followings
Wild pleasures

15. Flagellants – Plague was God’s punishment
Catholic Church had no answers
Witchcraft and Magic
Heresies gain followings
Wild pleasures
Flagellants – Plague was God’s punishment
“to suffer as Christ..” so…they beat themselves
Huge movement despite Catholic Churches stance

16. Catholic Church had no answers
Witchcraft and Magic
Heresies gain followings
Wild pleasures
Flagellants - God’s punishment
Blamed Jews –
Claimed they poisoned the water
Thousands were slaughtered
The Pope condemned the action

17. Estimated to have killed 150 to 175 Million people may have died
The Black Death
1348 and 1350
Estimated to have killed
40% – 60% of Europe
150 to 175 Million people may have died
No one really knows

18. Impact on Europe Economy suffers Workers/Employers died
Survivors asked for higher wages
Wheat fields to sheep fields - Higher price of bread
Statute of Labourers (1351) – Henry III