Black Death -The bacterial disease that atrophied Europe between 1347-1351, taking an equitably greater amount of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that point. The Black Death is broadly thought to have been the result of infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. 5 Facts: • Many doctors believed that bad smells could force out the plague. Therefore, treatments for the disease included applying feces and urine, and other substances that were much more likely to spread disease than to cure it. • Y. Pestis utilized the flea by blocking its digestive tract.…
The existence of the plague as a whole still continues to boggle the minds of researchers everywhere. It still exists today, even if we can not see it. The mutations live on in the survivor’s posterity, in minor plagues throughout the world, the feudalism free Europe, and in the medical developments discovered while finding a cure. The Black Plague killed around 350 million Europeans, but the loss of people is not the only way it affected the population. From the beginning when it first arrived in the ports of Sicily, to the height where the disease spread to the corners of Europe, to the cease of the plague were researchers are still continuing to piece the beginning of the plague to the…
The Black Death was one of the worst plague in human history. Originated from Southwest Asia, the disease began to spread from 1340s until 1700s. This plague caused approximately 75- 200 million deaths during the 14th century. Most epidemic areas were in Europe during Medieval Europe. It is said that the Black Death was caused by a disease called Yersinia pestis; it can be founded on rodents, and it was spread by Fleas.…
The Black Death was one of the most vicious plagues to ever hit the European region in the 19th century. The epidemic lasted from the 18th to the early 19th century. The plague struck the people of England and Europe by surprise they couldn’t figure out what was causing this illness until they linked the mice off of trade ships in the harbor they mandated for the ships to leave a meadently but it was too late. SECTION HEADER The Black Death got its name because of black boils that would show up on the skin and ooze blood and puss.…
The Bubonic Plague was so devastating to the European Society because it set back the society by hundreds of years economically, had a horrific psychological effect, and also changed their view on religion and God. The Bubonic…
The Middle Ages was a time of trouble for the Europeans. The Black Death was one of those problems. The Black death eventually had killed off half of the population. The Black Death had spread through the Middle East and Asia and ended up in Europe. No matter what social class people were from, everyone was affected.…
The Black Death was ‘one of the worst disasters in history’, killing a third of Europe’s population. In the 14th century the plague hit Asia and Europe, lasting from 1346 till 1352. The Black Death was an epidemic plague in the 1300’s, which spread rapidly throughout Asia and Europe. The causes of the Black Death weren’t just animals and fleas, humans played a great part in the spreading of the plague throughout Europe. Many symptoms were shown at early stages of the plague such as headaches, fever, vomiting, shock and fatigue.…
The bubonic plague made its way into European ports from Asian ships infested with rats carrying the disease. The sickness swept across Europe, leaving devastation in its wake. The ruin that the Black Death caused led to many consequences. Socially and economically, villages vanished. Laborers decreased as the population decreased, so the number of farms declined.…
The Black Death the way society was in Europe By making people change their morals and how they treated each other, it changed the way the church, and changed the way people viewed the world around them. An example of how European society changed during the Black Death, would be how people’s morals changed and how they began to treat each other. “When noble women fell ill they didn’t care if the servant who took care of them and saw them naked was a man” (Boccaccio, Decameron). This shows how desperate people…
Although the plague devested Europe and killed an estimated 30 to 60 percent of the population, it was an agent for change in many aspects of everyday life. It had longstanding impact on social, religious and economical parts of life. The way society viewed the world and each other was totally shifted thanks to the catalytic effects of the Black Death.…
The Black Death was a cleansing of the population of Europe. It made humans scared of each other The Black Death ties with the changes that took place in society for various reasons. The Black Death was seen as something that was going to change humanity forever. People…
During the 14th century, around 75 to 200 million people died because of the disease known as the Black Plague. These numbers show that around a third of Europe’s population was completely wiped out. Many terrible changes occurred including the rich and the poor going against each other, blaming one another for causing this horrific disease. The Black Plague was the worst epidemic that has ever been recorded in the world’s history because of the disease’s ability to spread rapidly, the terrible process of infection, and as well as the long term effects that it had on Europe.…
Overcrowding was another prominent factor that exacerbated the mortality rate in London. The rapid growth of England had reached it’s peak right before the plague struck, leaving a large urban population that allowed the plague to spread between people easily (Senn, “Population and Growth”). Many famous chancellors of London died as a result of the Black Plague, including: John Offord, Thomas Bradwardine, and Robert Saddington. The death of these chancellors proved that the plague was able to kill anyone it touched, regardless of their social class (Ziegler,…
But, since only the rich were able to escape, death was practically directed towards the poor (Doc 3). Those who fled usually received no success since the plague spread all throughout Europe, therefore the Black Death was unavoidable. Even the most common of places like schools were becoming infected after the death of 20 schoolboys drove many other children away (Doc 1). This kept the school completely out of business because the sole fear of contracting the plague kept civilians from going outside, let alone attending school. According to a French physician, those infected looked half dead, and venom should within a few days draw out the poison of the disease (Doc 9).…
The plague killed off most of England’s population, and the price of common things, like clothes, rose. The price of food, though, didn't go up, perhaps because the population had declined so much. (Edmonds). Also a lot of buildings (homes, shops, farms) were abandoned as well. Paragraph 2 - If the Black Plague didn’t start in Europe then how did it kill millions of Europeans?…