The Bubonic Plague: The Black Death In Italy

The Black Death, as famously known as the Plague, was the first true disaster that was recorded during the fourteenth century. For the disease shattered the populations of Europe, East Asia and the Middle East. One of the countries that was devastated was Italy, for the plague changed their culture, economics, and social structure. The culture was no longer full of life, instead it was full of death and sorrow. Writers like Boccaccio wrote about the agony of the Black Death. Furthermore, the social structure went from a firm society to a flexible society; for people were able to go against the status quo that was set at birth and place themselves in better positions. For example, laborers moved up and became merchants as a result of the death rate rising. Nonetheless, the economy took a fall as well because the plague had killed many of the laborers that worked the fields. this resulted in many of them migrating to northern Italy, until the plague was gone. And over the past couple of centuries, historians and scientist have tried to understand why the Black Death occurred and what caused it. Mark Wheelis, a microbiologist, believes that it was a

The Bubonic Plague or the Black Death has been in the history books since the medieval times. This deadly disease has claimed nearly 1.5 million lives in Europe (Gottfried). The Black Death hit Europe in October of 1347 and quickly spread through most of Europe by the end of 1349 and continued on to Scandinavia and Russia in the 1350s. Not only did the plague effect the European population by killing one-third to two-thirds (Gottfried), it also hurt the social and economic structures of every European society.

The Bubonic Plague took the lives of many individuals in the heart of Florence. Its reign affected “not just that of men and women…but even sentient animals” (Stefani). While the plague only lasted a mere six months, from March 1348 – September 1348, it is a piece of time that society should forever acknowledge and learn from. Much of the significant information from the Bubonic plague are unbeknownst to people today, even though it possesses such an importance aspect in our history. Therefore, in this essay, I will discuss the effects the plague had on the people of Florence, and how the appearance of this plague brought about short and long term historical change what we see today.

The Black Death was a powerful plague that started in the 14th century that took the life of 25 - 30 million people in Europe (30% - 50% of Europe). The Black Death was spread by fleas and rats that infested carts and ships going through trading routes. Symptoms of the plague usually appear within two to seven days and can include fevers, headaches, muscle pain, dizziness and seizures. But that's not the worst part, people also started to experience painful, swollen black balls called buboes (source 1). The Black Death caused many social, political and economic changes in medieval Europe.

Over five year, 1347-1352, about 25 million people died from the Bubonic Plague in Europe. The Bubonic Plague started in Italy in the spring of 1348 and started to spread throughout Europe. This plague nearly killed between 25-50% of Europe population. This disease they believe came from almost everything what it came from. The Bubonic Plague was also known as the Black Plague and Black Death.

The Black Death, also called the Bubonic Plague, is one of the worst epidemic diseases.The Black Death was introduced by ship-borne rats from Black Sea areas, and spread along the trade routes from Asia into Europe. Throughout the years there have been many epidemics of this disease in Europe. Decades of overpopulation, economic depression, famine, and bad health weakened Europe’s population and made it easy for an epidemic of the Black Death to get started. It is estimated that 25,000,000 Europeans died from this disease (Kagan, Ozmant, and Turner 317).

The Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, was a huge plague that killed 20-50% of the world’s population. It all started in the 14th century where a flea called the Oriental Rat Flea, they would come usually on rat’s backs and later go on to humans. The rats would give painful swellings or “buboes” on some places, like the armpit. This was very dangerous, because it also would travel to the nervous system, and which led to death. The whole process took about a week and overall was very difficult at the time to stop. The Plague took the most overall on Europe, where 20 million people would die or one-third of their population.

In 1346 the bubonic plague, which Europeans called the Black Death, swept into Europe. It was brought to Genoa, Italy, by infected rats on board a merchant ship from a port on the Black Sea. The plague was transmitted to humans

The Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, was a severe outbreak of disease that spread in Europe in the 14th century from 1346-1353. The disease spread faster then originally expected of killing only twenty or thirty percent but killed "60 percent of Europe 's population" ( Benedictow). It is believed the population of Europe was around eighty million and that would add up to be fifty million deaths. It was a horrific death for one to experience and can still be found in the world today. The Black Death was a tragic disease that spread through Europe vigorously killing fifty million people and changed European history.

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The Bubonic Plague, often called the Black Death, is the name given to a deadly plague that was spreading during the Fourteenth Century. The plague spread through China, Europe, as well as western parts of Asia. It got its name from the painful swellings in lymph nodes, called buboes, which appeared on those infected with the plague. There was no cure for the disease, only treatments for the symptoms. This allowed for a rapid, massive spread of the disease. The plague reduced the world’s population from an estimated 450 million to about 350-375 million. The Bubonic Plague is most commonly known for its medical affects and the number of deaths it caused. However, it also had a huge impact, both positive and negative, on the economic, social, political, and cultural aspects of life.

The Black Death is the name that was given to a global epidemic of the bubonic plague that occurred in medieval Europe during the 1350’s. It was brought to Europe when twelve ships arrived filled with people either infected or dead from the disease, and it spread quickly. The disease wiped approximately 60 percent of Europe’s entire population, which is more than any other known pandemic up until that time. Although the black plague had drastic effects on Europe’s population and social structure, it also had many positive outcomes such as leading to the growth of cities, strengthening the immune systems of plague survivors, and increasing technological innovation.

The people of the Renaissance had a different mindset and attitude than the medieval people because what they lived for made a drastic change after the bubonic hit. During the Middle Ages, the thought of God dominated everyones mindset, the thought of heaven excited everyone, the though of hell created a sense of fear.

It is the year of 1340, October 25th.(2) The Black Plague has spread to through my city in Italy. It started in the city of Kaffa, coming from the dead sailors.(4) I fear for my life that my family stay away from whatever is the cause of the bubonic plague. So far, I’ve heard that the infected have giant buboes on their bodies.(1) I heard there is a second plague, dear lord, save us. I believe it may be the rats and the fleas, but not a soul listens to my words.(3) The all think that God has sent a punishment to all. I don’t believe we’ve done anything wrong. The whole village is getting infected, few survive. Everyone is getting infected. I don’t see many who don’t.(5) If your family or friends had gotten it, you can smell the death on them..

Venice is reduced to a population of 102,243 by the end of 1631 and the end of that plague epidemic and recovers to 160,000. Besides the transmissible aspect of the plague, Venice knew as well the humidity and weather also seemed to bring the plague and with supplies moving from ports in Venice to other regions constantly, it was a recipe for the plague. This epidemic does not last as long as the other great plagues but with no recorded data of the reasons, after 1631 the population reaches a constant and continues to grow from that point on. After the plagues, there was more work yet to be done. The plagues had done damage to the beautiful land of Venice and it was thought that God’s wrath may be the reason why the plagues had killed so many. They took the approach of appeasing God’s wrath, it was important to repent and pray a great deal in order for the horrors of the plague to cease. Venice held fast to their traditional beliefs and