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Black Death |
The epidemic of bubonic plague that ravaged Europe, Asia, and N. Africa in the 14th c., killing 1/3-1/2 of the population. |
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Causes of the thing |
traced to deadly microbe Yersinia pestis originated in China Y. pestis causes three kinds of plague (bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic) Bubonic carried by fleas on backs of rats, humans catch it if bitten attacks lymphatic system, producing enormous swellings (bulboes) of the lymph nodes in the groin, neck, and armpits Septicemic occurs when an infected flea introduces the microbe directly into the human blood stream, death within hours pnuemonic results when Y. pestis infects lungs, spreads in the same way as the common cold |
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why it spread so fast omg |
manifested in several different ways reactions ranged from panic to resignation how it spread remained a mystery some believed it was caused by breathing "bad air" and urged people to flee from stricken areas, which only made it spread faster |
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The church |
flagellant movement, traveling bands of penitents lashed themselves with whips in order to appease the wrath of God. unruly and hysterical mobs aroused concern of ecclesiastical and secular authorities, movement suppressed by papal order |
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the jews!!! |
some implicated that they poisoned the wells. Scores of communities were attacked and thousands of their inhabitants massacred in the Rhineland, southern France, and Christian Spain |
