[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch15z7-1347-1351-the-great-plague-and-its-effects:es":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":7,"titleEs":6,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","Plena Edad Media","High Middle Ages","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch15","Philip VI of Valois: A New Dynasty, A War Begins (1328–1350)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch15z7","1347–1351: The Great Plague and Its Effects","\u003Cp>Between \u003Cstrong>1347 and 1351\u003C/strong>, the \u003Cstrong>Black Plague\u003C/strong> strikes Europe. Plague diseases had vanished from the West since the Plague of Justinian. This is the first pandemic well described by chroniclers, and one of the deadliest: estimates suggest it kills \u003Cstrong>30 to 50%\u003C/strong> of the European population in a few years.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In France, the epidemic transforms society at the very moment war becomes established: the health crisis and the military crisis overlap.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>💀 Mass Mortality and a Disorganized Economy\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Mortality, fear, and supply breakdowns cause labor shortages, abandoned lands, and increased tensions over work and wages. Merchant and urban circuits contract.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>💸 War and Taxation in a World That Empties\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Raising funds during a health crisis increases distrust. Authorities seek solutions: taxes, requisitions, monetization of war effort. The population, weakened, poorly bears the accumulation of burdens.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🔁 Regular Returns\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>After the first wave, the disease reappears regularly: in France between \u003Cstrong>1353 and 1355\u003C/strong>, in England between \u003Cstrong>1360 and 1369\u003C/strong>, then at recurring intervals until the 17th century.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>1347–1351: a major pandemic transforms European society.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>War and taxation worsen the shock of plague.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Plague returns in waves for centuries.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Between 1347 and 1351 , the Black Plague strikes Europe. Plague diseases had vanished from the West since the Plague of Justinian. This is the first pandemic",1777502700624]