Black Death

During medieval times, it was very difficult for those in the medical profession to diagnose and treat diseases that arose within their patients. Common diseases that doctors treat quite easily today were known to wipe out civilizations back in medieval times. One of the most infamous of these diseases is called the Black plague, also…

For our research project, we chose to study the Black Death. Our group chose this topic because we found it interesting how bacteria from a flea quite literally changed the world. The Black Death, known as the Bubonic Plague, was responsible for at least 25 million deaths in Europe, but the total extent of the…

Throughout history, there are many examples of mass sickness and death that are spread through civilizations. From smallpox, leprosy, to modern day jousts with swine flu, the concern of mass spread illness has always been feared by all (Kelly). While some illnesses are worse than others, there are none that is more infamous than the Black Death; nowhere else in history has there been a mass spread of disease that compares to the…

I will analyse Black Death and its trouble effects. Plague start between 1347-1351 in Europa. The plague is a real disaster that has caused more deaths than many wars in the world. Nearly half of the European people could not be prevented because of this epidemic. Its influence was so great that its killed more…

The Black Plague or Bubonic Plague, the great pandemic of Europe came from bacteria called Yersinia Pestis. It was transferred around fourteenth century by rodents and fleas terrorizing the streets. It killed millions of people and caused social disarray. Europe was in gruesome sickness and sorrowful grief. Rather than thinking of the mere history of…

Giovanni Bocaccio lived during the period of Black Death and wrote his masterpiece “The Decameron” which is famous around the world up to these days and would not have been created if not the tragedy inspired him. “The Decameron” tells us the story of ten people, traveled away from the city attacked by the Black…

The video “Scourge of the Black Death” is about when the Black Death struck medieval Europe in the 14th century, a great number of people died. Some people believed that God sent it to punish the sins of the world. The plague swept from Egypt through Asia Minor and Europe on a path of destruction,…