Effects Of The Bubonic Plague

In the 1300s a disease known as the bubonic plague killed many people. Over the five year duration more than 25 million people died. This was one third of the European population at the time. The bubonic plague was spread by squirrels and rats which carried fleas spreading the disease to people, which quickly spread to more and more people. There is no medication for this disease therefore more people died because they couldn’t be treated. The plague spread through many countries including Italy, England, and Scandinavia. By 1350 the plague had pretty much passed. Usually cities that were unsanitary conditions most of the time suffered more than the countryside. About 75 to 200 million people died. Also around 10 to 20 people each year in the united states develop plague each year from flea or rodent bites. The casualty figure for
People left their friends and families and abandoned cities and houses. Church bells rang constantly announcing the death of others. The black death depleted the tax base of the medieval state. People would go to safety of local towns or castles to get away from the spreading of the black death. Workers tried to form their own organizations to win higher wages and safer and better working conditions. The black death created troubles for the nobles and clergy. This was troublesome because the urban grain markets began to collapse. The plague generated a sequence of religious, social, and economic disruptions. Some individuals felt that the fury of god was stooping upon man, and so battled the plague with prayer. Belief in religion declined after the plague because of the death of multiple clergy and because of the failure of prayer to hinder sickness and death. To keep the streets cleaned they took all the animal waste and brought it to field outside the village and burnt the bodies and the clothes. All of the bodies were buried in deep pits outside of the