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A 6 page research paper/essay that examines the context of the Black Plague and the tremendous impact that it had on feudal society. The writer also includes brief mention of a film, A Knight's Tale. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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between a third to two-third of the population.1 Towns were hit with particular severity, as two-thirds of the city of Venice died; Bologna, four-fifths, and so forth, with the death
toll in each major medieval city reaching cataclysmic proportions.2 After the initial two years, the plague would periodically reemerge, attacking again like an old enemy. It hit Italy nine times
and killed 4,000 in 1399; recurre4d in Spain four times between 1381 AND 1444; six times in France, five in England.3 As far as can be determined, the plague took
between twenty-four and twenty-five million lives, devastating the continent and creating a "social crisis of extreme gravity" that lasted half a century.4 Nevertheless, wage labor and the guilds survived
the black plague and the loss of one-third of Europes population, which is a "tribute to their hardiness and adaptability."5 However, the effects of the Black Death on feudal society
were extensive. First of all, the emotional shock and the terror it engendered are difficult to imagine. Chronicles from the period indicate that, often, there was not enough people left
alive to bury the dead, entire families died together and the priest "was buried with penitent he had confessed a few hours earlier."6 In England, almost half of the population
died within a span of just 18 months.7 The following examination of literature focuses on how the Black Plague affected feudal society and its characteristics, focusing principally upon the traditions
of chivalry, which are evident in the film A Knights Tale. The writer/tutor cautions the student against basing the paper on A Knights Tale, as film scholarship points out that
this film is "not a medieval story at all but a modern sports movie intended for modern audiences," which is "disengaged" from history and presents anachronisms are a "running joke
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