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How does a change in the mortality rate explain population growth in the early modern period?
- Essay length: 1802 words
- Submitted: 08/11/2004
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Rachel Smith
Teacher essay summary
This essay covers mortality well but is rather one- sided and could be improved by a more in-depth consideration of the role of fertility in population growth. It would also be helpful to give an overview of the overall changes in population level in Europe in this period to put the arguments in a wider context.
4 stars.
Marked by teacher Rachel Smith 24/12/2012
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How does a change in the mortality rate explain population growth in the
early modern period?
Throughout the early modern period the mortality rate varied a great deal, and was generally characterised by "dramatic short run fluctuations," low life expectancy, high infant mortality and increased quantities of deaths as a result of severe epidemic outbreaks.1 Throughout this era, Europe experienced numerous mortality crises in which the number of deaths vastly exceeded the average number of deaths. An example of this mortality crisis can be observed by looking at the parish of Os, Norway. 57 deaths was the average number of expected mortalities per non crisis year between 1669 and 1735. Os experienced 9 crises throughout this 60 year period in which the rate of deaths grew by 50%. 2 This pattern was common throughout Europe. There were three key factors that caused these great fluctuations in the amount of deaths between 1500 and 1789 and they were; epidemics, war and famine.
Epidemics of the plague and diseases such as influenza, typhus, typhoid and smallpox were a principle reason behind the millions of deaths throughout Europe. Figures show the devastation
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MbT essay summary
This essay covers mortality well but is rather one- sided and could be improved by a more in-depth consideration of the role of fertility in population growth. It would also be helpful to give an overview of the overall changes in population level in Europe in this period to put the arguments in a wider context.
4 stars.
