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The Black Plague 1347-1353

ALTERED LANDSCAPE Peter Bruegel the Elder's 'The Triumph of Death,' depicting European life after the plague. The Black Plague 1347-1353. 1347-1353. Medieval Life. Winter Landscape; 1565- Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Yersinia Pestis. Buboes.

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The Black Plague 1347-1353

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  1. ALTERED LANDSCAPE Peter Bruegel the Elder's 'The Triumph of Death,' depicting European life after the plague. The Black Plague 1347-1353

  2. 1347-1353

  3. Medieval Life

  4. Winter Landscape; 1565- Pieter Brueghel the Elder

  5. Yersinia Pestis

  6. Buboes Bubonic- arm, neck, upper legs swollen lymph glands. 1-6 days die Pnuematic- Y. pestis infects lungs. Cough up blood. 1-3 days die. Septicemic- delirium, seizures. Circulation system collapses. Bleeds internally. Dead in 24 hours.

  7. 30-60 people out of every 100 people succumbed to the Black Death. Alessandro Triani; Triumph of Death 1350 Rich nobles out for a picnic. Unaware of Death in the background.

  8. Plague Mask

  9. William Blake; Europe- A Prophecy- Plague 1794

  10. Brueghel -The Blue Cloak; 1559

  11. Pisa Plague • 4 saints • Trying to • protect • town in • distance • Ravages of Plague shown by angels with spears.

  12. St. Roch 1376 1348

  13. A Procession of Flagellants in the Netherlands, ca, 1350

  14. Swiss Microbiologist; Alexandre Yersin- 1894 Finally isolated bacteria.

  15. Fleas on Rats

  16. Works Cited • "The Flagellants Attempt to Repel the Black Death, 1349." The Flagellants Attempt to Repel the Black Death, 1349. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. • "Library of Congress Home." Library of Congress Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. • "The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Home." The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2014. • Zahler, Diane. The Black Death. Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century, 2009. Print.

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