The Plague Dbq

In the year 1347, the Black Death took the world by surprise. It is believed that the plague spread to Europe when a ship carrying men infected with the plague took port in the city of Messina and unknowingly infected the townspeople. The plague is a bacterium called Yersinia that is carried by animals and may be transmitted from animal to human through flea bites. The Plague took on three forms as it spread throughout Eurasia and the rest of the world. These forms include: Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic. The severity of this disease left people wondering where God was, and if the plague was a form of punishment for wrongdoings. What started as an endemic quickly became a pandemic problem as the plague spread throughout Europe and into Asia. The plague’s spread was aided by fleas, rodents, or humans that spread the disease worldwide through efficient trade and communication networks. The plague caused a great amount of changes to occur, both moral and economical. This pandemic caused many to question their faith in …show more content…
Family members would rarely visit each other anymore, neighbors scarcely spoke to each other, and incomprehensibly, parents would abandon their own children. Family members would only speak to one another from afar out of fear of infection. The immense fear brought on by the plague left people 's relationships limited or nonexistent. The strain on relationships became apparent as more people fell ill. Those who became infected had very few people to rely on or to nurse them back to health. Instead of depending on family and close friends to care for them, the ill had to depend on the greed of servants or the charity of their limited friends. The servants’ greed didn 't benefit the infected much, considering that all they did was hand them things when asked and watch over them as they passed. Most servants usually lost their lives as a result of working so closely with the