Black Death

The Black Death Imagine living your life in a time that is filled with nothing but fear and chaos. That which you fear the most cannot be held or seen, but when it strikes it will cause you to suffer a cruel and agonizing death. During the mid-1300’s, the people of Europe were stricken with a deadly plague, later known as “The Black Death.” Many populations were completely wiped out as the Black Death swept through towns and villages leaving only death and devastation in its wake. The Black…

With an estimated thirty-eight million men, women, and children left dead, the Black Death that swept through Europe in the mid-fourteenth century is by and large the most devastating epidemic of medieval European history. Long thought to have been brought to the European continent by flea-carrying Asian traders, the plague left a crippling trail of death and destruction in its wake. Some scholars now challenge the source of the plague, saying it could not have come from fleas or rats but rather…

disastrous events. The great plague also known as The Black Death is said to have originated in Asia and spread throughout Europe with the facilitated long-distance trade that the Mongols brought under a single rule. This disease was carried by flea-infested rats which would infect their victims causing them death in a short amount of time. Towards the mid-fourteenth century it became the most devastating natural disaster in European history. The Black Death in Europe caused social, political…

Plague doctor When the Black Death began to spread across Europe and parts of Asia, the search for cures and treatments became desperate. After multiple bouts of plague across decades by 1656, plague doctors became notorious for their foreboding wardrobe. They often wore long leather suits, glasses, a pointed mask that looked like that of a birds’ head or beak, and finally, a long pointed cane or stick was held to keep the infected at “safe” a distance (Link 1). These physicians were…

Historians of the Black Death have long held that doctors and medical experts during the fourteenth century understood the pestilence through one of two opposing theories; aerist or contagionist. According to historiography, aerist theories (the spread of the plague through the corruption of the air) were the focus of university trained physicians who sought to explain the pestilence in terms of the ancient texts they were versed in, whilst contagionist theories (that the plague was spread…

The Black Death was a disease that hit Europe in 1346-1353. The disease is considered to be the most devastating plague in Europe of all time, with at least 75 million people deceased. Not only did the Black Death kill millions of people, but it also had many effects on Western Europe. The three most important effects the Black Death had on Western Europe were the Jews being blamed for the plague outbreak, relationships between the people and the Church changing, and the many advancements that…

with mounds of dirt covering the dead. These were the results of a devastating plague that swept through Europe during the 14th century, taking the lives of adults, children and animals. This plague, known as the Black Death, took the lives of 25 million people. However, out of the death and decay, came new ideas that served the British society for the better. Before the plague, the British social structure consisted of peasants, royalty, and knights and lords. The peasants had no possible…

Samantha Clark Timothy Hudenburg His 101/023N December 8, 2017 Morality v.s. Mortality: Exploring the Black Plague and Attempts to Prevent its Spread. The Black Death (Bubonic Plague) caused by the Yersinia pestis, a bacterium found in the blood of rats was transferred to fleas which would then pass it on to humans, was one of the largest epidemics in human history. Some historians say it claimed approximately one quarter of the population in Europe and West Asia by the end of the fourteenth…

kings and queens. But if you ask a historian they would say death, disease, poverty, unfairness, unsanitary, unexpected in the medical field. So something like the Black death could easily slaughter anyone who caught it. The Black Death didn't care what class they were if they caught it, it would mean certain death. The Black Death the worst epidemic of the Middle Ages the most mind boggling thing was how fast it spread. The Black Death had a major impact on the daily life of those who…

to a halt as millions fell to the most fatal disease recorded in European history, the Black Death, or Bubonic Plague. Beginning in the Late Middle Ages around 1340, Europeans were unable to escape the grip of death as the Black Death was transmitted in three different forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and bubonic. Europeans affected by the Black Death usually only lived for two days after contact. The Black Death was so devastating to European society because the disease affected religious, social,…