Bubonic Plague

Made of a canvas outer garment coated in wax, as well as waxed leather pants, gloves, boots and hat. A dark leather hood and mask with a very grotesque curved beak (Jackie Rosenhek, 2011). A serial killer, Halloween costume perhaps or a cosplay outfit for a horror movie? No, a doctor actually is what this outfit was meant for. Doctors wore this attire in the medieval times in order to protect themselves from the bubonic plague. We 've all heard of the bubonic plague in our history classes. We know the numbers and effects and how deadly it was. However the bubonic plague is still on the hunt and loose. Yes, numbers in outbreaks of the bubonic plague have doubled since 2014. There have been very few, but a pathogen such as the Black Death is not to be taken lightly.

Bristol was believed to be the first city that the black death had reached in England, which helped create the spread of the disease because it was an important port and city during the medieval time. London was known as a crowded, busy city, with poor hygiene and living conditions, that were said to be dirty and disgusting. The River Thames carried more ships and infection to London which spread to the rest of England. The academic journal titled “The Bubonic Plague” written by Kristina Lenz, (obtained in the Nassau community college library) stated that “The disease could also have been brought into the country by Danish merchants

During the Middle Ages a horrid illness infected many people. The horrid plague as name Bubonic Plague. This illness killed hundreds of people. The plague had bad symptoms, caused a depressing time, and left few survivors.

During the 14th century, there was a terrible disease/illness that effected Europe in a very bad way. In the 1300, there was a plague going around called bubonic. This plague was cause by fleas on rodents, but they were usually rats. The disease/illness could easily be passed on, that is the reason for why it affected Europe and it's economy in such a terrible way.

The church could not save people from this disease, so it led to many people questioning and giving up on their religion. Doctors did not understand the origin of the disease, so most civilians believed the cause of the Black Death was from supernatural powers. They saw the disease as divine punishment, which is god punishing them. Many people thought they could beat themselves to atone for their supposed sins. The church lost power and influence in society because they failed to protect the civilians and the clergy from the horrid diseases. Many civilians lost faith and found a scapegoat to blame for the cause of the plague. The most popular scapegoat in the 14th century plague was the Jews. This religious group was accused of creating and spreading the plague because most Jews were merchants and the diseased rats were carried by the merchants. Persecution of the Jews continued out through the late Middle

The Black Death also known as the Bubonic Plaque was a major Historical event that took place in the 1300’s. It was best known for killing off thousands of people in such a short time period. The Black Death was caused by an airborne bacterium called “Yersinia Pestis”. “The Plague was carried by fleas that usually traveled on rats, but jumped off to other mammals when the rats died” (Hisory.com).

The Black Death, which was also known as the Bubonic Plague, was one of the most devastating outbreaks in history in the years of 1346–1353. It came from the east of “Eurasia” and traveled west. It was popping up in big cities and small towns all over Europe. The Bubonic Plague was transmitted by rats and fleas, which had the disease. Some symptoms of the plague were, within three to seven days, one had a fever, headache, chills, weakness, and swollen lymph glands. It affected people exposed to the bacteria. This disease infected women and men of all social classes. People at the time did not know what was the

The Muslims had a similar believed of the cause of the the plague, they believed it was caused by “miasma due to the wind”(Doc 5)they also thought that the cause of this was the abundance of shooting stars and sin, they believe that by consuming “pickled onions, pumpkin seeds and sour juices”(Doc 5) they would prevent the plague and also by staying indoors.Unlike Christians there's no “proof that Muslims seeked out scapegoats for the plague”(Doc

The medical name for the Black Death is the bubonic plague. It is a bacterial infection caused by the Yesinia pestis. Only a few days after exposure to the illness, the host will develop flu like symptoms such as a high fever, headaches, and vomiting. Covered areas such as the crotch or armpits will develop large sores closest to where the bacteria entered the skin. The bacteria targets the lymphatic system which is a major part of the immune system and circulatory systems in the human body. The spread was due to the multiple infectious spread from the rat flea. The flea would infect rodents which in turn would infect humans. The flea also could infect a human directly by injecting blood, infecting it within the gut of

During that time, these events were unexplainable and no one knew what to do. People turned to witchcraft to cure the plague with magic, some people saw it as God’s punishment, and some people blamed it on the Jews and accused them of poisoning the wells, while others just accepted the fact that they were going to die. As workers and employers died, production declined and so did the economy. The survivors wanted higher wages, leading to inflation. The higher prices were hard on landowners, and forced them off their farms and revolts followed when farmers went to towns looking for work and guilds refuse to hire. The Roman Catholic Church experienced scandals, division, and spiritual crisis when it is not able to provide strong leadership during the crisis of the plague. The decline of the Black Death is thought to have been influenced by several factors, including staying away from infected humans, rats, and fleas, as well as carrying out proper hygiene, inhaling pure air by sitting between two burning fires, traveling less, warmer temperatures, and loud noises which were believed to have driven infection out of a city or village. The Black Death came to its end in 1350, although it has never completely disappeared

The symptoms of the bubonic plague spread rapidly causing outbreaks and identifying the need for modern science to deal with epidemics.

The population of Europe when the plague began was around 75 million people. After just 5 years it was down to 50 million. This caused a massive loss in the number of field workers that they had. This created a void in the area of peasant workers who, at the time, worked as serfs on nobles land. The lack of workers made it so that the nobles eventually started to pay peasants to work on their fields. This led to the development of a working class as opposed to the feudal society that they lived in as well as revolutions such as the peasant revolt of 1381. The lack of workers also meant that there was less food produced, so prices rose, causing inflation. While the plague was going around people had to search for something or someone to blame for the whole mess. Many took it upon themselves, thinking that the plague was sent by God to punish them. These people were called flagellants and they traveled town to town, whipping themselves along the way. Others decided that it was caused by the Jews because the Jews were most involved in the trading industry and the rats with the disease first arrived by trading boat. This began the mass amount of persecution that the Jews suffered through for much of the later medieval times. Once things began to get really bad, such as when people started to no leave their homes to seek refuge from the disease, laborers were few and far between. This led

The Black Death was a horrific epidemic that came originate from Asia to Europe in the fourteenth century. Lasting four years (1347–1351) killed anywhere from 30–60%, of Europeans that was one-third, of the populace (Welford & Bossak, 2009). Traditionally, people thought it may have been a mixture of the bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic plague called Black Death (Martin, 2014). The disease carried by fleas sucking on the poisonous blood of rodents. The disease was airborne; transmitted to humans by direct contact with infected tissue.

The plague was caused by a bacterial infection carried by the fleas of rodents. When the fleas come into contact with humans the outcome can be devastating and horrifying. The Bubonic plague, also known as The Black Death, is one of the most well-known plagues in history. Between 1347 and 1353, Europe experienced a merciless outbreak of the plague and in just a few years, one third of the world’s population was struck down by the Black Death. Whether it is the many different symptoms, bizarre methods of treatment, or life after the plague, The Black Death, in all its morbid glory, is fascinating.

2.The excerpt from Decameron described “a multitude of sick men and women were left without anyone to care.” That impacted the economy because it resulted in a higher mortality rate, and an increase in per capita wealth. According to the textbook, “population losses caused by the Black Death lead to increased productivity by restoring a more efficient balance between labour, land, and capital.”