The Black Death also known as the Black Plague or the Bubonic Plague change the lives of people during the Renaissance and altered medical procedures still used today. The disease, which spread quickly throughout cities for centuries, is actually a bacterial infection and could kill a person within a matter of days. “This infection is found mainly in rodents and their fleas. But the fleas leapt to humans, infecting them with the disease.”
The Black Plague swept through Asia and Europe. It reached Europe in the late 1340s, killing about 25 million people.(www.History.com Staff.) Showing that Europe got one of the worst infections of them all. Historians estimate about half of Europe’s population was wiped out before the plague disappeared in
The Black Plague swept through Asia and Europe. It reached Europe in the late 1340s, killing about 25 million people.(www.History.com Staff.) Showing that Europe got one of the worst infections of them all. Historians estimate about half of Europe’s population was wiped out before the plague disappeared in