ANTH 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Early Christian Art And Architecture, Yellow Fever
1 Jul 2020
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Dug long niches where bodies couldn"t be found-catacombs. Also early christian art on the walls. Small child size coffins found in england-saxon casket. Early christian europe: the trumpet sounds on judgement day, where christians will be saved and nonchristians will be sent to hell. Bubonic plague: came from eurasia to the east and carried into europe by the mongols, who catapulted infected corpses-biological warfare. Caused by infected fleas living on rats-common in more urban areas. Boccacio"s the decameron: story of people who escaped the plague by fleeing the city. Black death: horrible death with violent illness-death in usually 6 days or less. Reached the heart of england and devastated the population, shrinking villages. Killed much of europe, dramatically decreasing the population. Religious response:need to become more religious, writing of wills; dying was saw as a battle against damnation-dying well was a sign of moral highness and would commend themselves to god.
