Sailors abroad arrived dead or gravely sick, with mysterious black boils all over them, which gave this disease its name “The Black Death”. Over the next five years, this plague killed one third of Europe’s population, which is about 20 million citizens. It was the first epidemic of the second series of outbreaks of the disease (Gottfried xiii) The Black Death was the greatest catastrophe ever which resulted in great fear, and impacted European society religiously and economically. Black is the metaphorical sense of terrible, and that is exactly was the plague was, a terrible and devastating epidemic linked to rodent and human ecology. This disease varied between Bubonic, Phumonic and Septicaemic plague strains.
The Bubonic Plague of the 14th Century in Medieval Europe Have you ever heard of a disease called the “Black Death”? Black Death, commonly referred to as the “Bubonic” plague. The Bubonic plague was one of the worst diseases ever to plague the earth. In the 14th Century the plague swept across Europe killing one out of every four people, about 25 millions of the total population. In this report I will explain the symptoms, causes, treatment, outcome, and prevention.
Black Death had a large amount of effect o the Art world. It stimulated religious bequests and devotional images. Black plague was a horrible infection that led to a terrible painful death. During the mid-14th century thousands of artists, painters and craftsman perished. When the plague arrived any artists started a darker era for painting.
The Black Death The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, was one of the biggest tragedies in England’s history. Wiping out one third of the population, it swept through the country every spring. People awaited the terrible Black Death in extreme fear. Everyone wondered where this horrible disease was coming from and why it had happened to them. Why almost everyone they loved was getting swept away by the traitorous disease.
The Black Death Also known as bubonic plague, In 1347 a dreadful sickness spread through the world. The first Europeans to catch this disease were sailors who were travelling to Caffa, a port on the Black Sea. The sickness was horrifying! The first signs were large swellings and bleeding inside the body. Running sores covered the body and then the tongue turned black.
The trenches were infested with rats, lice, frogs and other pests. The lice would live off of the soldiers and caused the soldiers frenzied scratching and carried a disease called trench fever (World at war, pg-25). When soldiers had trench fever they would get a fever, headache, sore muscles, bones, and joints, and breakouts of skin lesions on the chest and back (britannica.com). In 1917 15% of all illnesses in the British army were trench fever (World at war, pg-25). These diseases were another horrible part of world war
Jean De Venette A Chronicle of the Black Death In the 1300’s the world was struck by a deadly disease called the Black Death. The Black Death was a horrific event that happened in past history. The people of Europe and all across the continent never knew what hit them. They suddenly became ill after witnesses a bright star appear out of nowhere into the night sky. One the star disintegrated the people of Florence Italy became violently ill.
This causes an awful disease that spread all over Europe. Once the flea is infected with the rats blood, it affects the human population by attacking their bodies. The symptoms of this horrible plague are high fevers and vomiting of blood. A person’s lymph nodes start to swell up and turn black. The Black Death is called that because of the color of the swelling on the neck.
The Black Death was very dangerous and contagious and destroyed 2/3's of Europe's population and it killed people in a strange manner. People who weren't affected went crazy in fear of catching it and the people who caught it usually died within 7 days. 1. The black death, also known as the Bubonic Plague that killed anywhere from 25-50 million Europeans and severely damaged Europe socially and economically. 2.
Effects of The Black Death The biggest, most disastrous epidemic to ever affect Europe, and the world, the Black Plague, is also commonly referred to as the “Black Death”. The Black Death was an epidemic that killed an estimated 75 million people worldwide (Wikipedia). The Black Death lasted from 1347 to 1352 (Kishlansky 295), and had a lasting affect on the world. One-third to one-half of Europe’s population died from this epidemic (Kishlansky 295). People lived in fear of this disease that it would affect them and moved on with life with their saying of “live for the moment” (Wikipedia).