1st July 1348 death of Joan of England, daughter of Edward III. During the summer of 1348, she left England with a large retenue, in order to marry Peter of Castile. Stopping in Bordeaux, France, one by one members of her retenue began to get sick and die. The Black Death at that point had not yet gained a foothold in England, but there in Bordeaux the outbreak aided by the summer heat had already laid waste to the majority of France, Italy and Southern Spain. In the wake of a reason for the apocalyptic death, many looked to other causes fueled by a religious fanaticism against outsiders, and beliefs that Jews were poisoning wells. On the 6th July 1348, Pope Clement VI issued a Papal bull stating Jews not to blame and urging their protection. This papal intervention however failed to stop the murder of thousands of Jews, and the destruction of Jewish communities throughout the history of the Black Death period. 6th July 1415, execution by burning of Czech theologian and philosopher Jan Hus. Both Hus and his influencer John Wycliffe, are known to history as the founders of ‘Lollardy’ and ‘Hussitism’, both forerunners of the reformation movement that would later be called protestantism. Both Wycliffe and Hus were condemned for heresy by the Church at Constance. Wycliffe, having dying in 1384, was disinterred from his grave and his remains burnt and thrown into a river. Hus was burned while alive, and his ashes were also thrown into a river. Hus’s execution sparked the Hussite Wars, against the papacy between 1419–1434. The origins of both movements come from the religious and economic aftermath of the Black Death, (continued in the comments) #blackdeath #bubonicplague #bubonicplaguedoctor #darkhistory #medievalhistory #medievalhistorylovers #plaguedoctorart #plaguedoctorartwork #candleillustration #historicalillustration #darktales #gothictales #darkmedieval #darkmedievaltimes #theblackdeath #14thcentury #14thcenturyhistory #historyfacts #macabre #blackdeathplague #plague #plaguehistory #gothichistory #historicalstory #historicalstories #medievalworld #latemedieval #janhus #johnwycliffe #gothiccandles https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHNXlfl_Xz/?utm_medium=tumblr
