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Effects of the Bubomic Plague - Coggle Diagram
Effects of the Bubomic Plague
Socio economic
Depopulation reduced the workforce and the serf's labor became an important and rare asset.
The lower class life improved as they were able to afford better living conditions and clothing as well as luxury items.
Once the plague had passed, the improved condition of serf was challenged by the upper class who were concerned that the lower classes were forgetting their place.
The peasant revolt in France in 1358 CE, the guild revolts of 1378 CE, the famous Peasants' Revolt of London in 1381 CE took place.
Class struggle would continue but the authority of the feudal system was broken.
Medical knowledge and practice
Doctors and other caregivers were seen dying using their traditional understanding but nothing prescribed did anything for their patients.
Doctors began to question their former practice of accepting the knowledge of the past without adapting it to present circumstances and medicine slowly began changing during the generation.
Persecution and migration
Jews were persecuted all over Europe.
Jewish communities were completely destroyed in Germany, Austria, and France .
Large migrations of Jewish communities settled in Poland and Eastern Europe.
Womens rights
Women gained higher status following the plague.
After the plague, with so many men dead, women were allowed to own their own land, cultivate the businesses formerly run by their husband or son, and had greater liberty in choosing a mate.
Art & Architecture
The plague also affected medieval art and architecture. Artistic pieces (paintings, wood-block prints, sculptures, and others) tended to be more realistic than before and, almost uniformly, focused on death.
The most famous motif was the Dance of Death that was an allegorical representation of death claiming people from all walks of life to come with him. Post-plague art did not reference the plague directly but anyone viewing a piece would understand the symbolism.
Religion beliefs and practicies
Friars, monks, priests, and nuns died from the plague.
Religious services stopped because there were no authorities to lead them.
The Flagellant Movement, in which groups of penitents would travel town to town whipping themselves to atone for their sins, began in Austria and gained momentum in Germany and France. These groups,not only helped spread the plague but also attacked groups such as the Jews.
The though the plague was God's punishment over human sin. Scandals within the Church, and the extravagant lifestyle of many of the clergy, combined with the deaths from the plague changed the Church's vision and authority.