He Disastrous 14th century There are many factors that affected the state of 14th century Europe Ironically some of the same reasons that ultimately contributed to the down fall were the reason that Europe was so prosperous in the 12th and 13th century. Increased sanitary conditions which contributed to increase health, more people survived and lived longer; thus creating many cities and towns that were over populated. Europe also had a very bustling trade route that began getting out of control and becoming very dangerous. Also, with the Pope relocating to France the church had lost it’s tax revenue, The church began charging there members fees for services which led the mebers to lose respect for the clergy and began seeing them as materialistic and greedy. Death and decay were all around with Europe on slot of the Bubonic Plague All these issues created an
Economic and emotional state that at that time contributed to Europe’s downturn. As the 14th
century progressed the state of Europe ripe for crisis was affected even more by the plague. As people began dying it also began to show how ineffective churches role in handling the people grief in the time of such devastation. These turned out to be 3 major factors that contributed to the
Disastrous state of the 14th century. The Black Death or the Bubonic plague started in China during the 14th Century. China being one of the busiest trading Ports in the world at that time, it was inevitable that this deadly disease would spread to some of its trading partners. It spread to Asia and Europe. This disease is highly contagious, deadly and painful .The Bubonic Plague hit Sicily in 1937 and had calamitous consequences. It is estimated between one quarter and one half of the European
