ben0628
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The Black Death reached England in the Year of 1348. One it reached England, the entire country suffered immensely, killing somewhere between 40-60% of the population. However since England was an island nation, is there any realistic way they can prevent the plague from reaching them?
Some advantages that England has is the following:
1) England is on an island (rats carrying the plague can't swim, although they can ride boats).
2) News of the plague travels much faster than the plague itself.
3) The Hundred Years War was occurring at this time.
4) The kingdom was ruled by Edward III. He was youthful, energetic, ruled with a hands on mentality, and most importantly, his daughter died from the plague when she was in France on her way to Spain, which means the plague has a personal impact on him.
So what I was thinking is something along the lines of this: England gets crushed at the battle of Crecy (Edward stills survives). In the immediate aftermath, England loses all of its French possessions, however the English destroy every port they owned in France as they withdraw and take every boat with them to prevent a possible French invasion of England. As in otl, the plague reaches France and kills Edward's daughter, who is on her way to Spain. Upset about the plague killing his daughter, Edward becomes more invested in keeping the plague out of his country. At the same time, maritime trade with the continent lowers drastically because England lost all of its French possessions and there are no boats in France.
If the plague could be stopped, how would this effect England in the coming future? I feel that they'd do better later in the Hundred Years War against France since they'd still have a large population.
Some advantages that England has is the following:
1) England is on an island (rats carrying the plague can't swim, although they can ride boats).
2) News of the plague travels much faster than the plague itself.
3) The Hundred Years War was occurring at this time.
4) The kingdom was ruled by Edward III. He was youthful, energetic, ruled with a hands on mentality, and most importantly, his daughter died from the plague when she was in France on her way to Spain, which means the plague has a personal impact on him.
So what I was thinking is something along the lines of this: England gets crushed at the battle of Crecy (Edward stills survives). In the immediate aftermath, England loses all of its French possessions, however the English destroy every port they owned in France as they withdraw and take every boat with them to prevent a possible French invasion of England. As in otl, the plague reaches France and kills Edward's daughter, who is on her way to Spain. Upset about the plague killing his daughter, Edward becomes more invested in keeping the plague out of his country. At the same time, maritime trade with the continent lowers drastically because England lost all of its French possessions and there are no boats in France.
If the plague could be stopped, how would this effect England in the coming future? I feel that they'd do better later in the Hundred Years War against France since they'd still have a large population.