The Pneumonic Plague: The Black Death In England

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 Black Plague, also known as the Bubonic Plague, is a severe pandemic that came from fleas, scientifically known as yersinia pestis, and rats. The disease started in China and spread 5 kilometers per day to Europe in 1347 killing two-thirds of the population within five years. Many people got acral necrosis, or a striking black discoloration of the skin black tongues, open wounds, black boils on the skin and a horrible odor, which eventually caused them to die within just a few days. This disease caused people to carry herbs around their necks to prevent the nasty smell, peasants even asked for more pay, and biological warfare begun. There is no cure for the black plague and many people blamed the Jewish people and Lepers and began persecution

The black death began in china, since china is one of the busiest world's trading nations, it took some time to spread to western Asia and Europe, and then to India, Persia, Syria, and Egypt. The Black Death arrived in Europe in 1347- 1348, by the sea from China trading ships that had black rats with fleas, the fleas carried a bacteria that caused the bubonic plague. The rats would get off the ships and enter the city. The fleas on the rats would then infect people, their food, and their dogs or cats. People, animals, or from people eating the food, the black plague spread very quickly. The plague was spread from person to person, sometimes by it being airborne or coming in contacted with other people that are infected. Although the way that this disease was spread maybe is true there have been new studies shown from one archaeologist, Dr.

The Black Plague caused a social breakdown. Terrified people abandoned everything like their family, friends, and even morality. people thought that the Black Plague was a punishment of God and it wouldn’t follow them if they left. People also thought that no one

Long-term effects were serfs were very poor and worked for land, they never got any wealthier and were not allowed to stop working for the person they were working for, but after the plague hit, there were labor shortages and when the outbreak was minimised the upper-level wealthy groups needed the serfs to work again, but the serfs didn't want to work unless they gonna t paid and so the serfs began to be paid; as a result people who work get paid in the present day. Christians were against the Jewish, so they accused them of poisoning the water well and causing the Black Death even though the Jewish also caught the plague. A short term effect was that children lost their parents to the Black Death, families lost relatives, the population which was once over crowded was minimised since the deadly plague took millions of lives. Christians did not believe God was real anymore or that he was punishing them for their sins and people lost their faith in the church. All these effects of the Black Death contributed to modern day life

In all of European history, one of the most tragic events was the Black Death. The Black Death was a disease that was first seen around the 1340s. Many historians have many different views as to the causes of the plague. They also have many different theories as to the outcome. But people still wonder what kind of effect the Black Death had on Europeans in the Middle Ages? The Black Death negatively affected Europeans of the Middle Ages socially, economically, and religiously because many people died, and there was an eminent downfall of the economy, and the church could not do anything to help prevent the deaths.

The Black Death, or as it was called in the medieval period, “the blue sickness” was a disease of three types that attacked humans through rodents, animals and human contact. It was first brought by the Mongols, who traveled by sea. From there, it was most likely carried by animals and/or fleas that were on the ships. It spread all over Europe in three forms, the bubonic plague, which created pus-filled swellings on the skin, the septicemic plague, which affected the blood and caused diarrhea and nausea, and the pneumonic plague, which affected the respiratory system and made it difficult to breath, and caused severe coughing.

In the year 1348, in Florence, Italy, the first incidence of the Black Death was experienced. It originated from the east, and it had made its way into the West after destroying a large number of people in different places. Speculations about the cause of the Black Death were numerous, but some people believed that the disease came from God, and started to pray and repent. Some thought they only could escape the plague by running away from it. Some theorized Infected fleas on rats and then to man was responsible.

The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, was one of the most deadliest diseases of all time. This disease came to Europe around 1347 C.E, by merchants from East Asia. The Black Plague then spread all across Europe, and killed over 25,000,000 people. The Black Death had its effect on many things. The peasant and noble differentiation was realized to be bogus, the belief in religious authorities came under question, and poor people actually benefited from the Black Death. After the epidemic declined there were a few outbreaks of the disease later on, but that also came to an end. Nevertheless, its impact lasted for centuries.

The plague caused a distrust in God and religion, resulting a decline in the church's power. The death of law enforcement, which led to lawlessness. The survivors experienced an immense labor shortage which led to an increase in wages. In addition, this also benefited serfs by providing them better living conditions and a choice of who to work for. The plague began to abate in the early 1350’s

It basically banished societal ladders and completely destroyed the economy and flipped it upside down. As the plague swept through Europe lowering the population society changed. Killing everyone in its path regardless of ethnicity ,age, or social groups. The loss of so many people brought despair and changed how many

The Black Death arrived in Europe in 1347. It was brought there when twelve Genoese trading ships stopped at the Sicilian port of Messina after their extensive quest through the Black Sea. The townspeople who met on the docks were in for a rude awakening: Almost all of the sailors were dead. The sailors who were still alive were suffering from intolerable pain. What the people of Europe did not know was that over the next few years their continent would be over run by this mysterious disease which in time, would kill over 20 million people (Black Death). This was the start of the greatest impact on Europe; The Black Death.

The Black Death was a devastating effect on Europe. The Black Death caused Europe to change the people’s religious, political, government, and economical views. In addition to its effect on Europe, The Black Death was a turning point in Europe’s history.

The mortality rate for the pneumonic plague was 90-95%; (if treated today the mortality rate would be 5-10%). The pneumonic plague infected the lungs. Symptoms include slimy sputum; saliva mixed with mucus exerted from the respiratory system, tinted with blood. As the disease progressed, the sputum became free flowing and bright red. Symptoms took 1-7 days to appear. This disease could only be transmitted through the air, by someone's cough.

The Black plague affected Europe in many aspects. The first way that Europe was affected was the physical effects of the plague. The Black Death produced black boils all over the body that weep pus and blood (“Black Death”).