The Plague

Ring Around the Rosie Most people can recognize the common adolescent schoolyard game “Ring Around the Rosie.” Many, though, would naught recognize the manifestations of the Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, displayed in the nursery rhyme. This correlation leaves many scholars believing that the two contain a sickening connection. The opening phrase refers to a rash symptom that began in the early stages. “A pocketful of posey” explains how people would carry around flowers in hopes…

East due to the Black Death. People’s responses to this calamity was influenced by their religion and worldview. The two major religions, Christianity and Islam, dealt with the Black Death in many different ways. As for the Muslims, they viewed the plague as if it was a blessing from God and that prayer was negative. However, Christians believed it was a punishment from God, but God was not the only person they blamed. These statements are not the only ones that show how vastly different the…

Ring Around the Rosie and The Black Plague In the 14th century, a terrible plague also known as the Bubonic plague struck Europe in 1347, killing over a million people. There is a strange conspiracy theory about the relations between the nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie” and the Black Death. These theories have been reported related to each other because of the lyrics of the song, and the symptoms in the disease. With that being said, I believe that the nursery rhyme has very little to do…

disease spreading around trading routes were heard by many Europeans. China was the first to be affected in the early 1330’s. Rodents were affected, transmitting them to fleas, which transmitted the disease to people. The disease was called the Bubonic Plague. China sent the outbreak to other countries such as: India, Persia, Syria, Egypt, and majority of countries in Europe. The Black Death was the name it was given by the Europeans. It arrived to Europe in October 1347. Twelve Genoese trading…

There were 3 different types of it. The most common of them was called the Bubonic Plague. It`s symptoms range from swelling that form around the neck, groin and armpit. They would call them Tumors and they could be as big as an apple or as small as an egg. These symptoms usually were a sign that the victim would die in about a week. Very few lived. This Bubonic Plague…

that the people of Europe once lived by was uprooted and changed. Herlihy stated that “The impact of the Black Death on the social and cultural life of Europe was similar to its effects upon the economy.” Basically, he was saying that just how the plague changed the traditional ways it also changed the public outlook of the residents of Europe. Division between the sick and healthy citizens, race, and economical status of the people was great and caused problems within the civilization. Even…

The Late Middle Ages in Europe Around (1300-1400) B.C, a lady name Yersinia who was a foremost actor played a vital role surviving in ground-squirrel populations around the globe and was the cause of spreading plague due to her idea of killing the less convivial hosts. “The Plague did not kill off the Middle Ages, but Yersinia played a critical role in shaping its final act” (Dutton, Marchand, Harkness 299). The Fourteenth Century was a time when Europe was filled with calamities, severe weather…

to stitch the loopholes that have emerged in your morals. But I am disappointed that as a community it has come to this. We have disgraced the gift that we had ever so patiently been waiting for. If we can live through such horrific disease as the Plague and make it to a land oceans away with nothing but the clothes on our backs and still make a name for ourselves, then we should not be here. We should not be in this courtroom today. We are fighters, we have what no other people has. An…

you as much as it did?” is the question that makes me go blank. Well how could it not have affected me? Explaining why you’re upset or bothered is complicated when no one understands or has been in the same situation. It affected me like the Black Plague affected the 14th Century. Thinking so highly of someone and only to have them break you and your trust hits you harder than you think. It was early into 2017 when my best friend asked me why I was in so much pain after what had happened in…

The Black Death (also called the plague) hit Europe, almost all things, mostly the daily elements of life, were under the influence of the Roman Catholic Church. During this time, almost every action one would make would require prayer. The church had always told the people right from wrong. The church and followers believed that the afterlife was more important than ones present life. It was a must to be given the last rights and to confess ones sins before dying to be sure of a peaceful…