Since the spread and destruction of the Black Death, also known as the plague, many theories arose for what the cause and reason behind this devastating disease were. The final verdict was that the Black Death was a natural occurrence of disease that was spread through animals. While discussing this more accurate verdict and also discussing the previous verdicts from the time of right after the Black Death had dissipated. The underlying causes and aftermath of this plague has killed over tens of thousands of people, throughout this paper, the Black Death will become clearer to some, or may even change the minds of others. The Black Death, a wide spread infection or disease that killed many, leaving behind nothing but despair, and ashes of those
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The bacteria is named after Yersin. In 1894 a Japanese biologist, Shibasaburo Kitasato, independently isolated the bacteria and helped devise a cure. Many have argued different reasons for the spread of the Black Death, here are a few accounts from closer to after the plague had dispersed, and researchers tried to find a reason behind the horrific deaths. (Peters, Stephanie True)
Giovanni Boccaccio and the city of Florence believed that God was punishing them because of their own iniquities that needed to be corrected. Although the city was cleaned of filth and the sick were forbidden to enter, the plague still came and showed its ravages. Another account was believed to be caused by natural causes of the earth needing to exhale fumes enclosed in the earth, but theses fumes just so happened to be infected. Herman Gigas believed that the Jews poisoned the wells and springs in order to wipe out the Christians. (Duiker, William …show more content…
The final verdict was that the Black Death was a natural occurrence of disease that was spread through animals. While discussing this more accurate verdict and also discussing the previous verdicts from the time of right after the Black Death had dispersed, the causes seem more clear and easier to comprehend. The underlying causes and aftermath of this plague has killed over tens of thousands of people. The Black Death, a wide spread infection or disease that killed many, left behind nothing but despair, and ashes of those unable to defeat this terrible
The bacteria is named after Yersin. In 1894 a Japanese biologist, Shibasaburo Kitasato, independently isolated the bacteria and helped devise a cure. Many have argued different reasons for the spread of the Black Death, here are a few accounts from closer to after the plague had dispersed, and researchers tried to find a reason behind the horrific deaths. (Peters, Stephanie True)
Giovanni Boccaccio and the city of Florence believed that God was punishing them because of their own iniquities that needed to be corrected. Although the city was cleaned of filth and the sick were forbidden to enter, the plague still came and showed its ravages. Another account was believed to be caused by natural causes of the earth needing to exhale fumes enclosed in the earth, but theses fumes just so happened to be infected. Herman Gigas believed that the Jews poisoned the wells and springs in order to wipe out the Christians. (Duiker, William …show more content…
The final verdict was that the Black Death was a natural occurrence of disease that was spread through animals. While discussing this more accurate verdict and also discussing the previous verdicts from the time of right after the Black Death had dispersed, the causes seem more clear and easier to comprehend. The underlying causes and aftermath of this plague has killed over tens of thousands of people. The Black Death, a wide spread infection or disease that killed many, left behind nothing but despair, and ashes of those unable to defeat this terrible