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In the mid 14th century, a devastating plague swept across the known world. This pandemic plague is most commonly known as the Black Death but has other alias such as The Great Pestilence and The Great Plague. The background essay states, “In five shorts years, it would kill between 25 and 45% of the populations it encountered.” The background essay also mentions “it would be the worst natural disaster and the single most destructive natural phenomenon in the history of the world.” This cataclysmic

In 1347 while everyone was off at the 100 years’ war, an unforeseen attack came from the east that took out nearly thirty percent of the known world’s population. It changed everyone’s lives, making the rich poor, the poor rich, and encouraging the population to be self-centered. It was the Black Death. During the plague of “black death” everyone was affected, but the people whose lives were affected the most were the chemists, doctors, and herb selling women who all lived along the coasts of the

FAQs About Medieval Medicine What was the most prominent disease back then? A: In Medieval Europe there is a diseases that stick out among the rest. The one that took a huge toll on Medieval Europe is the Plague also known as the, “Black Death.” The Plague is a bacterial infection, that is carried by fleas that are found on rats. Symptoms of the Plague include heat, swelling in the nearest lymph nodes, lymph nodes are located within the neck, groin, or armpit, that creates buboes which can grow to

The Black Death was the name given to a plague that occurred in the mid 13th century which caused at least a third of the world’s population to perish. During the years in which the plague spread across Europe, many aspects of life for the people that lived were altered forever. This epidemic was like no other in history and had an unprecedented outcome. The effects of the Black Plague on society were substantial resulting in great changes of social classes through role reorganization, changes in

Ages. The Black Death was an extremely devastating disease that quickly spread through Europe. Although there were many attempts to cure the Black Death, a cure was not found until modern times. The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics of human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 million - 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346 - 1353 (wikipedia.org). Victims had no clue how they got the disease or how it spread, and a cure was not found until

Plague Diary Entry The Great Pestilence is upon us, it infects and kills within a matter of days. People develop purple or black masses beneath the skin in the armpit and groin, experience headaches, fevers, weakness, vomiting blood, and such. It spreads at a rapid pace and we have no way to stop it. It spread through the air, blood, saliva, and almost any contact with an infected being and once you contract it you're a walking corpse, however, some people have shown a natural immunity to the disease

Most people cannot imagine how it truly feels to be in fear for their life every second of every day, wondering when death will strike upon them or their families. The Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, was the worst pandemic the world has ever seen. It killed over twenty million people and wiped out one third of Europe’s population alone. In the fourteenth century, it was unknown exactly how the plague first spread. According to modern scientists the Black Death began in central Asia

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

Throughout the history of civilization, there has been one common factor that has ravaged populations and instilled mass panic. This factor is infectious disease. Infectious diseases, according to the Mayo Clinic, are “disorders caused by organisms — such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites” (Diseases and conditions, 2014). These organisms are contagious, meaning that they can be passed on from human to human. This can happen through direct or indirect contact. Indirect contact includes touching

Feeling sick is not fun at all. There is over 80 different types of diseases we know about. The earth's population is 7.4 billion people. Imagine if one third to half of that population was killed by a disease. That would be between 2.4 to 3.4 billion people killed by a disease. This was the case of the bubonic plague in Europe from 1348-1349. The bubonic sometimes called the Black Death. This plague was very deadly. The way it spread was through rats and fleas. The fleas would carry the disease