The Black Death‚ one of the deadliest plagues in world history‚ engraved a wide swath of cataclysmic damage and inflicted a large loss of life. Discriminating against no one‚ it claimed the lives of the lower class and the gentry‚ the young and the old. Albert Camus’s novel‚ The Plague‚ illustrates the effects of and the responses to a plague that strikes the Algerian city of Oran. The allegorical representations and actions of five central characters in the novel‚ Dr. Bernard Rieux‚ Jean Tarrou
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was also given the title of the Black Death because of how fatal it was and the deadly symptoms one contracted through it. The plague was transmitted from fleas containing bacteria that were carried by rats‚ to humans. Moreover‚ the Black Death killed millions of citizens and completely changed the society of 14th century Europe. As time goes on‚ the Bubonic Plague had economic‚ social‚ and religious effects on medieval Europe. The economic effects of the Black Death were the decrease of town populations
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on the ships and caravans carried the bubonic plague. This plague spread to humans from a bite from an infected flea. The Silk Road’s land routes only reached so far though‚ and its “roads” ended at the Black Sea’s coast and also further south towards the Mediterranean Sea. Though the Black Death could not spread any further by land‚ this didn’t stop the plague from spreading further. The plague carrying fleas and rats that were picked up in Asia also travelled on merchant ships that would
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The Plague Today’s society is filled to the brim with terror and uncertainty of what tomorrow may bring knocking on their front door. Sickness or even death‚ perhaps? England is hidden in the cloak of sickness known as the Black Death and no matter how hard people try to escape from its folds‚ no one is safe from this plague. In a panic‚ healthy people have done all they can to avoid this sickness. The doctors refuse to see patients; the priests refuse to administer last rites. Shopkeepers have
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The Black Death‚ The first Barons War and The Medieval Church are all responsible for greatly contributing to Britain during The Middle Ages. The Black Death was a deadly illness the spread through medieval England and even further‚ it wiped out half of the population and left people to die in the streets. According to “Express Britain”‚ “the black death is a bacteria borne disease from a bacteria called Yersinia pestis”. The bacteria Yersinia pestis was carried by the blood of wild black rats
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The black death was a devastating plague that spread throughout Europe from 1346 to 1353. It is estimated to have killed about 1/3 of the European population. During this time period‚ the chances of surviving were very slim. The bubonic plague was the largest and most destructive plague of the 14th century. The plague first arrived in Europe by sea in October of 1347 by Italian merchants who docked their ships at the Sicilian port of Messina. Most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead and those
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to leave your body..." (Beware‚ Source 1) In the 1700’s Europe then had the about the same amount of people before the plague outbreak. "By then medicine and sanitation were improving‚ which helped prevent large outbreaks of bubonic plague" (The Black Death‚ Source 2) Medicine was key‚ in stopping the spread of the plgue‚ but since they were not available in the 1340’s the plague did what it
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CHAPTER 11 THE LATE MIDDLE AGES: CRISIS AND DISINTEGRATION IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY _____________________________ CHAPTER OUTLINE I. A Time of Troubles: Black Death and Social Crisis A. Famine and Population B. The Black Death 1. Spread of the Plague 2. Life and Death: Reactions to the Plague C. Economic Dislocation and Social Upheaval 1. Noble Landlords and Peasants 2. Peasant Revolt in France 3. An English Peasant Revolt 4. Revolts in the Cities II. War and
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Overview of: When Plague Strikes’ by James Giblin This book is separated into three main parts the Black Death‚ smallpox‚ and aids. This book gives facts of occurring diseases and the diseases from the past. This books content mainly took place in Europe and Asia when it gave facts dates and examples. It explains the nature and symptoms of diseases from long ago. The bubonic Plague mainly affects rodents‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected‚ they infect others
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blue sickness”‚ ”black Plague” or “black death”‚ the bubonic plague had symptoms like‚ Situated in the groin‚ armpit or neck about the size of an egg‚ tender and warm to the touch‚ Sudden onset of fever and chills‚ headache‚ fatigue or malaise‚ fever and chills‚ extreme weakness‚ abdominal pain‚ diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ bleeding from your mouth‚ nose or rectum‚ or under your skin‚ shock‚ blackening and death of tissue in your extremities‚ most commonly your fingers‚ toes and nose‚ and death‚ people that
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