THE MIDDLE AGES

Effects of Bubonic Plague

Effects of Bubonic Plague in the Lives of Middle Ages People

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Effects of Bubonic Plague in the Lives of Middle Ages People

The spread of bubonic plague or Black Death changed the beliefs and lives of the Middle Age people . The disease that came from the East was spread throughout the Europe slashed more than one-third of whole European population and some sheep and cattle also died mysteriously Panic rises as all people wanted to

quarantine themselves from the mysterious disease with no known medical treatments by then . People blame people and church , infected people scared those who were well to acquire food and pleasures in life before dying . All in all , people in Europe became desperate that even their own sons and daughters were disowned if they were infected . The culture or way of life changed from a highly prosperous one to an ill-stricken , abandoned and chaotic life Social was not observed because people think only of themselves people only think of flying away , corpse were thrown in mass graves and were not given final rites . Some people (like The Flagellant Brahren group ) saw the plague as a punishment for the sins of the world . They performed rituals to increase the heat of emotion so that people start to become remorseful and they succeeded . Mysticism and paganism was unconsciously exercised and even the Catholic Church also practiced such to acquire more power and believers...