The Plague struck Europe in a series of waves beginning from the mid-1400s. During that time‚ people didn’t know the filth they lived in and the unsanitized streets caused the spread of the plague. It is estimated that the first wave killed 25 million people‚ which is about one third of the population of Western Europe. Sporadic but deadly outbreaks continued throughout Europe into the eighteenth century. The plague didn’t regard any status‚ age or even gender. During Plague there were also many
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The Black Death “The Black Death was the first catastrophic outbreak from the 14th to the 18th century” (Hallen‚ 254). The Black Death was such a catastrophic outbreak because the black death claimed over 75 million lives. A person could not even go near the sick or touch their clothes because if they did they would catch the plague (The Black death‚ 1348). The Black Death first arrived in Europe by sea and the sailors aboard were mostly dead by the time they reached the dock (Black Death). When
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IMPACT OF THE BLACK DEATH The topic of this paper is the Impact of the Black Death. We will discover what the Black Death is‚ where it came from‚ and Influence that is had on society. The Black Death was a fast spreading plague that was reported aboard Genoese vessels in early October 1347. Because these vessels were sent back out to sea where everyone who encountered these vessels was contaminated by a fast spreading plague. Was there any way to have prevented this epidemic? Martin
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To what extent did the Black Death effect early modern Europe? Early modern Europe was a society that did not included the cleanliness‚ systematic function or technology that people enjoy in society today‚ it was an era of discovery‚ option and a boom of trade. The black death was a tremendous tragedy that swept across Europe and was responsible for the death of millions of people‚ this disease ‘ravaged the Christian and Islamic worlds‚ killing perhaps 40 percent of the population’ (Byrne‚ 2012)
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Arriving by ships carrying flea infested rats‚ the Black Death originated in the 1340s in China and spread west along European trade routes eventually arriving on the British Isles. Since the ships bringing goods and more resources to England‚ the Americas‚ and more places‚ were not clean and had unsuitable living conditions‚ disease broke out. (Unknown Where Did Black Death Start?) Anywhere the ship stopped left disease behind‚ and since it was fabricated by new types of bacterium and was isolated
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The Black Death‚ a common phrase most people have heard of‚ but are unaware of the tragic catastrophe that crippled Europe throughout 1347. European society has never witnessed such an event. The Black Death‚ nearly wiping out a third of the population devastated across the country claiming the lives of tens of thousands. How the people of Europe reacted to this disaster predicted their future. In all the agony and disbar the citizens still found hope and persevered. Barbara Tuchman‚ author of
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The Black Death (or ‘the Plague’) was a deadly plague that ravaged early Europe in the late 1340’s and lasted until 1351. Throughout this time‚ Europe lost more than a third of its population. The Black Death was ruthless‚ infecting all that lay in its path. - The Origins of the Black Death Arriving in Europe in 1348‚ the Black Death was a shock to the population’s numbers. Thousands died‚ and many families were torn apart. But how did the plague come to be? Many experts have tried to pinpoint
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Monte’ Atkinson English 112-07 Ms. Suchanec 26 April 2013 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‚
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The source is trying to argue 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
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number of victims and lasting social impacts‚ these vicious diseases have become widely known throughout society. Two of these ruthless diseases are the Black Death and AIDS. Despite these incidents having occurred over six-hundred years apart‚ they swept over the world very similarly‚ leaving millions of people infected‚ or dead. The Black Death was a plague caused by the bacteria known as Yersinia Pestis. Rats and other rodents are the primary source of the bacteria‚ making fleas which bite these
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