Argumentative Essay On The Black Death

The Black Death Imagine living your life in a time that is filled with nothing but fear and chaos. That which you fear the most cannot be held or seen, but when it strikes it will cause you to suffer a cruel and agonizing death. During the mid-1300’s, the people of Europe were stricken with a deadly plague, later known as “The Black Death.” Many populations were completely wiped out as the Black Death swept through towns and villages leaving only death and devastation in its wake. The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history that forever changed Europe and helped shape the world we know today. During the Middle Ages, or the medieval period wealthy nobles and kings were privileged to live in fine castles or manors, they dressed in the finest clothing, and were fed well. However, even with all this great wealth these nobles could not escape the filth of daily living at that time and the dangers that accompanied it. In Europe during the 1300’s the majority of …show more content…
Through this bite, the bacteria are then introduced to the body through the skin. Within the last twenty years a small group of scholars have been challenging the view that the Black Death should be labeled as a plague pandemic. This challenge may also be referred to as the “origins” controversy. This controversy began in 1984 when Graham Twigg, a British zoologist published his book The Black Death: A Biological Reappraisal. Many other authors have since published works relating to this same theory. They believe that the Black Death was not caused by the plague, but rather by another form of contagious disease. In 2002, Samuel K. Kohn published an article titled “The Black Death: End of the Paradigm”. He states that he believes the medieval and modern plagues are two very different diseases. Kohn argues that the plague that struck Europe was not the bubonic plague that was carried by fleas and rats as it has been thought by scientists and