The Black Death is a time in medieval history that is to this day the worst demographic disaster in European history. The Black Death is the nickname of the disease “Yersinia Pestis” that hit the European world in the 1340 CE. This disease wiped out 80 million people total. The devastation of this disease makes the Black Death the most significant event that occurred in the later medieval period. The Black Death is the most significant event because of the devastating nature of the disease and the
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The Black Plague‚ also know as the Black Death or Bubonic Plague can. This disease killed thousands of people and left many devastated. In the 1500’s the Black Plague had a huge outbreak in England that killed over eighty-thousand people. The cause was not sure back then so victims could not take proper care and get the right medical treatment they needed. Random outbreaks would happen and there was no way to cure them. Once you were infected you had about two to six days until death. Many
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The Black Plague in Florence 1348 Western Civilization & the World 1 An Essay Page 1. I am a lawyer living in Florence. The year is 1348. I am writing this chronicle for my friend‚ Marchione di Coppo Stefani‚ as a strange and mysterious plague of unprecedented proportion leaves many of our citizens dead within a matter of days. I want to leave this as a legacy for those who may survive‚ as I have no assurance that this dreadful disease will not claim me as it has so many
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Rough Draft The Black Death was undoubtedly one of the most devastating diseases that occurred during the middle ages. The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was s worldwide epidemic that caused the death of more than 20 million people throughout Europe. The plague killed over a third of the entire population. However‚ I will include two book sources and two articles. Authors Jerrold Atlas‚ Barbara Tuchman‚ Graham Twigg‚ and Jill Claster will break down the plague piece by piece. It
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hard‚ painful‚ burning lumps on their neck‚ under their arms‚ on their inner thighs. Soon they turned black‚ split open‚ and began to ooze pus and blood. They may have grown to the size of an orange. These are the symptoms of the Black Death‚ one of the most devastating pandemics in human history‚ peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. It is widely thought to have been an outbreak of bubonic plague‚ and during those dark times‚ it is estimated to have killed 30% – 60% of Europe’s population‚ reducing
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The Black Death according to many historians does not narrow down to one cause. There have been several interpretations of what has caused the plague. But there have not been different opinions on the effects of the Black Death. The plague has caused a decrease in population; drop in food prices‚ religious conflicts‚ and land lost. Historians can conclude with the aftermath of the plague that it was a significant event in which many people were affected. Besides the fact that the Black Death devastated
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sight of a black bubble in a person’s skin could scare someone at least a little‚ or the terrible aches and pains brought about by a disease which no one in the region had heard about or had the slightest idea of a cure for could be a bit frightening. Just as it was during the 14th thru 16th centuries in Western Europe and just as it is today‚ death was and still is a big thing to fear. Thus‚ this epidemic that killed one third of Western Europe’s population got to be known as the Black Death‚ and people
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that the Black Death was devastating but also had some benefits.It does this by putting out first hand sources of what some survivors wrote in the time or after the Black Death’s effects. The source gives accounts of three people in particular‚ GeoffreyChaucer‚ William Langland‚ the pope‚ and a group of people the “flagellants”. With all of these people there is an example of what benefit came out of their suffering of the Black Death.Geoffrey Chaucer experienced the effects of the plague so greatly
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