Medieval England’s apocalypse
By Liam Dyer
The 14th century was a beginning of a disease that spread horror and death throughout the whole of Europe. England was not spared from the outbreak and the daily casualties increased to heights no one thought would happen. The Doctors would try their best to stop a disease that would tear economies and families apart but not even they could stop its disparaging wrath. Economically the plague would tear cities to shreds. The governing bodies were not immune to the effects of the pestilence. The Black Death was a fiend that loved to commit chaos to whomever caught its deadly infection turning family and friends into corpses and love into immense heartbreak and tragedy. Facing these difficult times some still prayed to god and asked to forgive their sins so that they would not be diseased as many felt god was punishing the people of all the sins they committed. These impacts that the Black Death had on the English people made it the worst epidemic in English history however, was there something good that came out of this outbreak? The Bubonic Plague also known as the Black Death. Several theories have been brought forth by historians about the cause of the Black Death however the most prevailing theory was that it was caused by rats. The Disease actually came from the rat fleas, called Xenopsylla cheopis. These rat fleas came from infested dying rats. The fleas would leave the rats heading for the most accessible area of the human
The black death was caused by bacterial strains, lived in the stomach of certain fleas which live in the fur of rodents. There were three types of the plague bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic. The most common was bubonic. The person would develop bumps filled with pus this
The Black Plague was a bubonic disease that ravaged the streets of Europe during the 1300’s. The disease was caused by yersinia pestis from fleas on rats. The disease would cause its victims to acquire a black tongue, open skin sores, develop acral necrosis, and die in the matter of days. This plague originally started in China but spread to Europe through biological warfare. The Mongols launched infected bodies at their enemies and sent them fleeing back to Europe.
Scientists and historians have many theories as to what caused the Black Death, or the Plague, that wiped out the populations of Europe and Asia around the 1340’s. There are a few facts on which most agree. First, most agree that the Plague was caused by a bacterial infection found in rodents and their fleas. This bacterium, Y. pestis, is a Vector-borne disease, which means it requires a living host to carry it from one animal to another. This host was generally a flea.
The Black Death was an epidemic of the bubonic plague, a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis that circulates among wild rodents. There are three types of this disease bubonic, pneumonic, and septicaemic. The bubonic plague caused severe headaches, fever, vomiting, and buboes which is a swollen lymph node in the armpit or groin. Bubonic is the most common type of plague and the victim usually dies approximately 22 days after coming into contact with another infected
The Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death. No one ever knew exactly how many died, just that there were too many to keep track of. The plague was caused by a bacterium called Yersinia Pestis, originally dwelling in the soil it spread to the burrowing rodents. Fleas which clung to the rodents leeched out their bacteria infected blood, thus transferring the host of the bacteria to the flea. The fleas would then proceed to bite a human, giving them the bacteria of the dreaded plague (Doc E). Even today we do not know exactly where the plague originated from. What we do know is that the plague entered Europe through Italian merchants from the city of Caffa(Kaffa). The Italian merchants were there and also the local Mongols of the area, they
The Black Death started off as a mysterious disease that started near the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. The victims of this disease suffered from headaches, staggered when they walked, and felt weak and tired. On the 3rd day of having this disease, your lymph nodes would begin to swell. This swelling became known as buboes, from the Greek word boubon, which means groin. This then gave this disease it 's official name: The Bubonic Plague. Victims would begin to bleed and usually died in the 5th day.
The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, was a disease that devastated Medieval Europe, between 1346 and 1352 it killed 45 million people, wiping out a third of Europe's population. Today, we know that there were many causes of the Black Death. Medieval towns had no system of drains, sewers or trash collections. In such slovenly conditions, germs could grow, and diseased rats could call these medieval towns their homes and infect the people who lived there. Many historians believed the plague originated in china and spread to other countries by trade routes. Infected people and/or infected rodents such as mice or black rats. The Black Death was caused by strains of the bubonic plague. The plague lived in fleas, and fleas lived on
In my research paper, I will be discussing The Black Death. The Black Death was a disease that spread in Europe in 1347 between 1351. People say that the Black Death was airborne or from rats and fleas from trade. When Europe traded with Asia, rats and fleas spread on the ships. As ships were being unloaded, historians say that the humans got bitten by the fleas then soon die from the disease later on.
The Black Plague was a accident that turned into a tragedy.. The place where the Black Plague originated from was China. Kipchak Khan Janibeg the leader of China at the time wanted to infect his enemies with dead corpses on a ship that was sailed (Black Death). What he did not know was that the rats on the ship could carry
The Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, was a fatal disease that affected millions of people. Originated from China, the Bubonic Plague spread throughout Europe and made its way to Italy in 1347. (document 1) The Black Death, which covered the body with dark and livid spots, was difficult to treat. No one knew how to treat the disease nor how it began to spread.
The black plague, also known as the bubonic plague, swept its way across Europe beginning in 1346 A.D. , killing an estimated thirty to fifty percent of the total population. The plague was spread by fleas infected with Yersinia pestis, and was carried over oceans by hitchhiking rats and pet gerbils. The plague outbreak that decimated the population was transported by infected Christian merchants
The Black Death, also known simply as ‘the plague’, is one of the deadliest pandemics in human history and ran its most deadly course in the mid 1300s. The plague was spread by the bacillus Yersinia Pestis and is heavily believed to have been bubonic, meaning it creates swollen lymph nodes called ‘buboes’. Most people believe that the plague was spread by infected fleas, which bit animals and humans, but scientists today claim that it may have been pneumonic, lung-based. If this theory is true then humans are definitely the most responsible for the rapid spread. Additional to spreading rapidly, it also spread very far.
The Black Death was one of the most life-changing pandemics in history. It was first discovered 550 years later in the 1800s by Alexandre Yersin, a french biologist. In his honor, the plague was named Yersinia Pestis. The plague traveled in two major ways. Yersin discovered that it traveled by infected fleas; the flea would attempt to feed on a human or animal and would then regurgitate the disease into the new host, further spreading the illness. Urban areas across Europe were populous with rats, which were one of the main hosts of the plague. These rodents spread the Black Death throughout cities in days. The unaffected still were not safe if they did not come in contact with an infected flea or rat. The plague also traveled pneumonically, or through the air. It caused large boils full of blood and pus, which would pop and spread. Another symptom was coughing, which was one of the many ways of proliferation. The disease eventually spread throughout Europe and killed a third of it’s population. It’s wrath caused many shortages, loss in hope, riots, and even some good things, such as many changes in art, science, and education. Therefore, the Black Death was one of the most life-changing pandemics in history.
The Black Death was an epidemic disease that was also known as the Bubonic Plague. It was one of the most tragic epidemics that has happened in the world. The Black Death hit England between the years of 1348-1350. This plague annihilated one third of its original population. Trading ships that came to England during this time were blamed for the spread of this disease. People believed that when trading ships left other countries that they would bring in infested rats that carried the disease. When the rats would come in contact with a person or bit a person is believed to be the reason on why the deadly virus spread so quickly. Also many thought that the plague was airborne; when they thought this was the cause of the spreading of the
The black death was a disease triggered by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. Yersinia pestis is a bacterium transmitted by rodents,