what disease was the black death?

Answer 1

The Black Death was one of the worst natural disasters in history. In 1347 A.D., a great plague swept over Europe, ravaged cities causing widespread hysteria and death. One third of the population of Europe died. "The impact upon the future of England was greater than upon any other European country." (Cartwright, 1991) The primary culprits in transmitting this disease were oriental rat fleas carried on the back of black rats.

Answer 2

The Black Death: Bubonic Plague


In the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. The bubonic plague mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected, they infect others very rapidly. Plague causes fever and a painful swelling of the lymph glands called buboes, which is how it gets its name. The disease also causes spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black.
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The disease struck and killed people with terrible speed. The Italian writer Boccaccio said its victims often

"ate lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors in paradise."

By the following August, the plague had spread as far north as England, where people called it "The Black Death" because of the black spots it produced on the skin. A terrible killer was loose across Europe, and Medieval medicine had nothing to combat it.

In winter the disease seemed to disappear, but only because fleas--which were now helping to carry it from person to person--are dormant then. Each spring, the plague attacked again, killing new victims. After five years 25 million people were dead--one-third of Europe's people.

Even when the worst was over, smaller outbreaks continued, not just for years, but for centuries. The survivors lived in constant fear of the plague's return, and the disease did not disappear until the 1600s.

Medieval society never recovered from the results of the plague. So many people had died that there were serious labor shortages all over Europe. This led workers to demand higher wages, but landlords refused those demands. By the end of the 1300s peasant revolts broke out in England, France, Belgium and Italy.

The disease took its toll on the church as well. People throughout Christendom had prayed devoutly for deliverance from the plague. Why hadn't those prayers been answered? A new period of political turmoil and philosophical questioning lay ahead.

Black Death - Disaster Strikes
25 million people died in just under five years between 1347 and 1352. Estimated population of Europe from 1000 to 1352.

* 1000 38 million
* 1100 48 million
* 1200 59 million
* 1300 70 million
* 1347 75 million
* 1352 50 million

Answer 3

The Black Death was one of the worst natural disasters in history. In 1347 A.D., a great plague swept over Europe, ravaged cities causing widespread hysteria and death. One third of the population of Europe died. "The impact upon the future of England was greater than upon any other European country." (Cartwright, 1991) The primary culprits in transmitting this disease were oriental rat fleas carried on the back of black rats.
The bubonic plague was the most commonly seen form of the Black Death. The mortality rate was 30-75%. The symptoms were enlarged and inflamed lymph nodes (around arm pits, neck and groin). The term 'bubonic' refers to the characteristic bubo or enlarged lymphatic gland. Victims were subject to headaches, nausea, aching joints, fever of 101-105 degrees, vomiting, and a general feeling of illness. Symptoms took from 1-7 days to appear.
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Answer 4

The Black Death came in three forms, the bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic. Each different form of plague killed people in a vicious way. All forms were caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis.
The bubonic plague was the most commonly seen form of the Black Death. The mortality rate was 30-75%.

Answer 5

The Bubonic Plague.
It was transmitted by the fleas from infected Old English black rats. The symptoms were clear: swollen lymph nodes (buboes, hence the name), high fever, and delirium. In the worst case, the lungs became infected and the pneumonic form was spread from person to person by coughing, sneezing, or simply talking. There were three major epidemics - in the 6th, 14th, and 17th centuries. The death toll was 137 million victims.

Answer 6

The Bubonic Plague

Answer 7

far as i understand, many times, from rodent inhabitants given the colour of the fur. those carry a wealth of ailment. especially decrease back then whilst that they had perspectives on sanitation that is able to crack up a lot of persons in this web site in case you examine them. ( in spite of this, we are no longer turning out the bumper crop of suggestions surgeons we'd was hoping for, now are we? ) Why do you think of the Egyptians worshipped and guarded cats? saved the grain secure. Killed rats. And have been somewhat graceful to look at. In Europe rats, usually diseased, jumped off boats as quickly as in port to forage if there became into no longer something on the boat. that's what incredibly have been given it going. right here in our very own counrty, as overdue using fact the overdue nineteenth century we had numerous bouts of inhabitants levelling plagues. whilst there's a logistical area to this variety of element, i think of there is likewise a spiritual area to this. Like wars. they're to be considered as a punishment.

Answer 8

"The Plague", aka bubonic plague...and it was called "black death" because there'd be black-ish discolorations on the victim's neck, armpits, groin areas (where the lymph nodes are, basically)....

it also was the source of the nursery rhyme "ring around the rosie"---a darkening of the skin (ring) around the victim's neck (the 'rosie' was their head)---pocket full of posies (the stench of the dead and dying was so bad, people would put flowers in their pockets to sniff to kill the smell), "ashes, ashes, we all fall down"--there were so many dead, they burned the bodies in piles as there werent enough healthy people to dig holes and bury them all individually.

Gross, huh?

Answer 9

the bubonic plague epidemic that killed over 50 million people throughout Asia and Europe in the 14th century

Answer 10

the black death/bubonic plague. ancient roman times going near shakespeare. killed thousands upon millions of people. tragedy