The Plague And Disease In The Medieval Ages

The Medieval Ages was a difficult time period for ancient Europe. The villages had trouble thriving due to lack of protection from conquering invaders. Europe was struggling to stay intact as many invaders took advantage of the poor armies and leaders. As a result, the government decided to go to feudalism where every individual was a serf, knight, noble or lord. This lead to the lords to get rich and greedy while the serfs struggled from lack of food, poor living conditions and disease striking the villages. Throughout the rough Medieval Ages, Black Death was a disease that could be transmitted by any individual because of the foul and filthy conditions, life threatening symptoms and corrupt church systems which ultimately led to unique reactions
In cargo ships scurried rats that carried small, little fleas with the horrid disease. Rats were immune to the disease which helped them transfer the plague from civilian to civilian (Peppas 6). Furthermore, fleas would hide in rats fur and they could jump up to six feet which helped them get on the human body (9). Over a 100 different species of fleas could inject the disease into humans which was a major problem because people didn’t know where the disease was coming from, and this caused the many different pests to be unnoticed (8).The unsanitary conditions in every village helped the plague spread rapidly. It spread so quickly because of villages cleanliness. First, the roads wee covered in human waste and animal waste because sewer systems were broken, so people just threw the waste on the roads, in rivers and even in villages(Peppas 21). Unsanitary roads and rivers was a big problem because soon people had no clean drinking water and no healthy food to survive; this caused the plague to spread even easier because the bodies were weak and sick. Around the village many people died everyday; this