Post Plague Social, Economic, and Historical Characteristics of Chaucer

Post Plague Social, Economic, and Historical Characteristics of Chaucers PilgrimsWaking up to the familiar sounds of a sm solely English town is no longer an option. The stench of death permeates every inch of existence. Peering out of the window, afraid of stepping outside into the pestilence formerly known as home, you survey past the mounds of rotting townspeople who used to be known as friends. Every breath catches, because breathing also deep may be too risky. A disease of unknown origin plagues the countryside farther than you can travel in a lifetime. Thoughts run through your mind as you watch your throe family. The only chance to save them is to confess your sins in hopes that Gods wrath will end with you. There is nothing everything you have known for all of your life is gone. And there is silence.Throughout the late Middle Ages, there were many historical landmarks that affected the world in which we now live. These landmarks include the Great Schism, the light speed Years War, the Renaissance, and most infamous, the Black Plague (Given-Wilson 4). The plague is now believed to have infringed upon European peoples due to the ecological changes in Asia. These changes forced wild rodents carrying the Yersinia pestis bacillus into hard populated European towns (Horrox 5). Through trade, fleas and rodents carrying this bacillus made their way into English society. Three forms of the plague ran rampant throughout England bubonic, pneumonic, and septicaemic. The bubonic plague was most notorious due to the visual dark spots located in the armpits and groin area called buboes. In Latin, Bubo means owl just like owls, buboes best-loved the dark places on the body (Given-Wilson 97). The first epidemic began in 1347 an... ..., economical, and historical implications changed or affected the lives of every person during the fourteenth century and for centuries to come.Works Cited Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Trans. Nevill Coghill. capital of t he United Kingdom Penguin Books, 1977.Given-Wilson, Chris, ed. An Illustrated History of Late Medieval England. Manchester Manchester University Press, 1996.Horrox, Rosemary, ed. The Black Death. Manchester St. Martins Press, 1994.Lambdin, Laura C., and Robert T. Lambdin, eds. Chaucers Pilgrims An Illustrated Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales. Connecticut Greenwood Press, 1996.Williman, Daniel, ed. The Black Death The Impact of the Fourteenth ampere-second Plague. New York Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, 1982. Ziegler, Philip. The Black Death. New York The John Day Company, 1969.