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Historical Influence of Rats in the Medieval Period - Effect in Art, Law & Demography.

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Historical Influence of Rats in the Medieval Period - Effect in Art, Law & Demography.

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  1. Historical Influence of Rats in the Medieval Period - Effect in Art, Law & Demography.

  2. Historical Influence of Rats in the Medieval Period If the headline of our article has left you confused, we would like to apologize. Because the subject of our article is itself unconventional, and something that is often overlooked in history, despite the tremendous effects that occurred in history because of it. Yes, we are talking about Rats in the Medieval Period. Now do the so common and rather unfriendly neighbourhood vermin deserve a place in history? The answer would be a surprising - yes. At the outset that may be hard to believe. However, just read on as how a tiny nuisance of the neighbourhood, left a permanent impression in art, law & demography of the world.

  3. The Historical Influence of Rats in the Middle Ages - History of Black Death & Role of Rats in it Blackdeath which till now, remains one of the greatest pandemics to occur, killed between 75 to 200 million people in the entire world, with 60% population of Europe dying due to the disease. The pandemic that occurred was because of the plague - an infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis, which is present usually in the wild rodents. Plague occurs in humans when the common house rats (also called black rats or ship rats) become infected.

  4. Did an Edict of Pope that Increased Rat Population, Encourage Spread of Black Death? Now we are speaking about the Medieval era & values and beliefs followed by the people were not the same as they are today. The Church was greatly respected and feared at the same time, and the Pope as the supreme in charge could issue edicts which the normal people were bound to follow. However, quite a few of these edicts would later become controversial and had unforeseen complications in the society of the time. One such view was regarding the opinion of the Catholic church regarding the cats.

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