The Black Death and it's Effects on Medieval Society There have been many diseases reported historically such as smallpox, measles and typhoid but none were as horrendous as the Black Death. In order to understand the devastation of this disease we must look at the effects it had on the political, economic and social structures of medieval Europe. "The Black Death first appeared in Europe in 1347 when a boat filled with dead and dying people …
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…effects of this disease were felt for generations. The Black Death was a major factor in the Middle Ages structural collapse, with this disease came the collapse of Europe's political structure. Economical prosperity in Europe was non-existent and the social structures were in mayhem. Anarchy reigned in the three hundred years of Black Death's rule. Although Europe did eventually recover form the crippling effects of Black Death it was never to be the same again.