The Bubonic Plague also known as The Black Death, hit Europeans strongly during the mid-ages. The plague was a disease that was thought to originate in China. After two Italian merchants came back from China, and docked in Sicily it was said that was the start of the terrible disease. After one year the disease spread as far as England.
The Plague attacks the blood stream, after direct contact with someone who has the plague or after being bit by fleas that have the disease. There was no cure for the plague and after five consecutive years of death one third of Europe died from the Bubonic Plague.
Since the plague did kill about one third of Europeans, it affected the economy heavily, and the way people lived. People living in Europe at the time did one of two things. They either abandon their families, homes, cities, or ran off to cities that were not infected, or many people sheltered themselves in their houses with uninfected family. It was not uncommon for mothers to abandon their sons, and fathers to abandon their daughters. Social order in the cities was lost. Like many might think ministers, nuns, and enforcers of the law all were sick also, causing every man to fend for themselves. Social order in the cities within Europe was lost. There were no longer any servants that would care for the sick who were rich, and there was no communication between neighbors, and family. After millions were dead the Catholic churches no longer had any more space in the cemeteries. The deceased were bared in large ditches that were covered with dirt. If you had died from the plague you may be buried with up to three hundred other men, women, and children.
Many might say that the plague caused generations to be lost, and a culture that would never be the same.
By: Tiana Farina
http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/
http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/renaissance/Globe/BlackDeath.html
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bring out your dead!
I couldn't resist...
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