The Renaissance was a time period of rebirth, new discoveries, and developments. The sicknesses and the Bubonic Plague, or most commonly known as, “plague,” or, “ Black Death,” impacted Europe and other locations across the globe during the Renaissance years in a dreadful manner. The Bubonic Plague affected people during the Renaissance in an unwelcoming way. Even though the illness took many lives, it had a positive influence on society today because it changed medical treatments and advanced technology also influenced trade and commerce during the Renaissance because it gave commoners an increase in salary and say. During this time period, cities and towns were peculiar to what society is like today in the twenty-first century. Phyllis
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Having said this, Wendy Orent writes in her novel Plague that, “During this period, in general, plague passed by small villages…”(148). The plague was transmitted from one citizen to another. Luckily for 2% of Europe 's population, some people were protected from this abhorrent disease, “the only people truly safe from Bubonic Plague were those born with a genetic resistance to it….”(Clark). Citizens, most affected by the plague, were the ones with a compromised immune system(Dewitte). Dewitte continues to explain, “....the risk of mortality during the Black Death increased with adult age….”(Dewitte). This goes to show that as a person’s age increases, so does the risk of being diagnosed with this frightful …show more content…
Everyday diseases such as smallpox, measles, and diphtheria(Orent 145). There was also a more severe disease called, “Pulex,” Pulex was a disease that could withstand a wide range of temperature(Orent 147). This disease could have been harmful to people because it would never have a season where it would die down because it survived in extreme temperatures. Puerperal fever was a disease that did not get any recognition during the Renaissance era because of the Black Death and its commotion it has stirred up. Puerperal fever is caused when a doctor is performing on a patient and the doctor did not sterilize their hands(Brown). These are other types of diseases that played an affect on people’s lives during the Renaissance
Having said this, Wendy Orent writes in her novel Plague that, “During this period, in general, plague passed by small villages…”(148). The plague was transmitted from one citizen to another. Luckily for 2% of Europe 's population, some people were protected from this abhorrent disease, “the only people truly safe from Bubonic Plague were those born with a genetic resistance to it….”(Clark). Citizens, most affected by the plague, were the ones with a compromised immune system(Dewitte). Dewitte continues to explain, “....the risk of mortality during the Black Death increased with adult age….”(Dewitte). This goes to show that as a person’s age increases, so does the risk of being diagnosed with this frightful …show more content…
Everyday diseases such as smallpox, measles, and diphtheria(Orent 145). There was also a more severe disease called, “Pulex,” Pulex was a disease that could withstand a wide range of temperature(Orent 147). This disease could have been harmful to people because it would never have a season where it would die down because it survived in extreme temperatures. Puerperal fever was a disease that did not get any recognition during the Renaissance era because of the Black Death and its commotion it has stirred up. Puerperal fever is caused when a doctor is performing on a patient and the doctor did not sterilize their hands(Brown). These are other types of diseases that played an affect on people’s lives during the Renaissance