Taking a Look at the Black Death

Life was very busy for me in 1300’s, I travelled through many countries and continents following the trail of dead bodies. I am death. I have lived forever. I will live until no human lives no more. I will continue collecting the souls of the deceased on earth and taking them to rest in the light blue place beyond. I lived through the Black Death watching on as the world experienced the disastrous effects.

(n.d.). Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum | Aktuell | Objektgeschichten | April 2011: Pestarztmaske. Retrieved December 11, 2016, from http://www.dmm-ingolstadt.de/index.php?id=85 1): I know this is an academic source because it is the official page of the museum of medicine located on Germany, one of the many countries that was part of the Frank empire2): This Article made by Prof. Dr. Marion Ruisinger tells us that these masks were first used in the 14th century when the Black Death started. Doctors and surgeons used this mask to treat patients with the plague because it was thought that the foul air caused the disease so they filled the beak with sponged filled with essences and fragrances, Also the opening of the eyes was covered with

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The Black Plague or Black Death was an outbreak of a disease that was spread through rats, feces, fleas, and physical contact. The epidemic began in China, where, during wars, soldiers hurled infected bodies at Italian soldiers, consequently the physical contact. The Italians would go back home on their ships, which was infested with rats and fleas. Unknowingly, they would spread the newfound disease amongst those they came into contact with when they returned to Italy. In the spring of 1348, the disease reached Italy and began to spread like wildfire. Three years later, the Plague had already taken 25%-50% of Europe’s population. The Black Plague was so devastating due to the ignorance of it, trade routes, and fear.

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

Could you imagine waking up one day and everyone around you was dying? The Black Death also known as the Bubonic Plague was a horrible disease that spread though Asia and Europe in the late 1340’s and early 1350’s. It killed off a large amount of Europe’s population after the plague was over. It was a horrible disease that everyone dreaded to become infected with. The Black Death which spread from China to Europe had a severe impact that declined the European population and increased its economy.

The Black Plague, also known as the Black Death was a deadly epidemic in human history. The Black Plague wiped out between one third and one half of the european population (Keating 30). Coming from a trade ship in Europe in 1347, the Black Plague was a horrible contagious disease that spread like wildfire through egypt. The Black plague not only caused great death, but it also changed the way people looked at health and medicine. Not only did the Black Plague change health and medicine, but it also changed how people thought how religion was related to their lives.

The plague was believed to a Jewish conspiracy to end Christendom. As the crop and water supply both had surpluses, the Jewish population was accused of poisoning the water supply. In reality, their persecution was due to a combination of religious chauvinism and economic resentment when feudal lords were indebted. Widespread massacres occurred with all Jewish men, women, and children being burned alive save for those who agreed to be

Before the Black Death, the church was already declining from the hierarchy statues as each country became secular from the church.It should be noted that Europeans did not “decline in their faith in God, but rather a decline in their confidence in the ability of the institution of the Church.” The church were guilty of abusing their power and influence Catholics to become more aggressive towards others who were non-Catholic.The church would perform public flogging towards non-Catholic missionaries from passing through countries and preaching their religion.They would then encourage violence towards to Jewish citizens as they were blamed for cause of the Plague.Other Catholics, in fear of their sins would perform self- flagellation as they worried that they will be infected with the plague.This would lead the idea that the church would use the Black Death as an scapegoat since they were losing power and faith from the people.The church abuse of power were the reasons why they had lost

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 one of the deadliest plagues there's been, in the mid 14th century the plague spread around the world traveling from china to Europe, this plague was responsible for the death of more than one-third of the population of Europe and the middle east. At this time there were a lot of Christians and Muslims at this time and places it affected both very badly but they reacted to the plague very differently.The black death had a lot of names some include ‘The Great Pestilence’, the great plague and the black death.in five short years this plague killed between 25 and 45 percent of population it encountered including children and women .Historians believe that the black death was caused by bacterial strains and this strains came from the stomach and certain fleas of rotten but more specifically the black rat. The black death was a combination of 3 plagues Bubonic,Pneumonic and septicemic one deadlier than the other one.

The Black Death ( or Black Plague) was a very harmful disease at that time period. Not as common today although you can still catch it.. It was very common in Europe and the Middle East around that time period. There were a lot of differences based on religion and the way people looked at the disease. The Christians and the Muslims did have a few comparisons but overall the disease was looked at it different. The Black was caused by a flea that was taking blood from a rat and when the rat died the flea was trying to find another host as soon as possible. Some symptoms were a big growing of buboes, fever, headaches, etc… Two ways it was spread was the popping of buboes and fleas.

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 sometimes called the black plague was devastating for the people living in Europe from 1346 to 1353 Killing around 200 million people, there were many different theories to what was happening to everyone, Most people thought that it was some kind of judgement day, killing all the people who had sinned. Until the priests and popes and important people that no one ever thought God would want dead, so eventually most people figured out that by going near the sick and being in contact with them made you sick so in fear of their lives they stopped going near all people that were sick including family members and friends which was kind of sad they would just lock them up and leave them to die and

There have been many dangerous diseases in history some of them even continuing to today. For example, ebola, AIDS, and scarlet fever. These diseases have affected millions of people all over the world. It is truly heartbreaking. In this essay, I will talk about one of these diseases—the Black Death—and its history and how it impacted Europe and how the bacteria could be weaponized for terrorism.