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Why was the bubonic plague of the Middle Ages called the Black Death?
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∙ 12y ago
because the most infamous symptom was greyish/black boils that would form on the neck, armpits, and groin.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoit was called the black death because of the blue and black blotches on the skin of the victims
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∙ 8y agoWiki User
∙ 8y agoBecause people bled under their skin and their lymph nodes filled will blood and these became black as well.
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What was the bubonic plague called in the middle ages?
The bubonic plague was called the Great Pestilence, Great Plague, or Great Mortality during the Middle Ages. Somewhat later it was called the Black Death. There is a link below.
What was it called when fleas carried by rats were killing europeans?
The answer is bubonic plaque
What killed off a large percentage of Europe's population during the high middle age?
It was the Bubonic Plague (Black Death).
Key words for the black death?
Plague, Yersinia pestis, bubonic plague, black plague, black death, fleas, rats, middle ages.
What was the black death also called?
The bubonic plague.
What disease nearly wiped out of the population of Europe during the Middle Ages?
It was called Black Death, Black Plaque and Bubonic Plaque.
The black death in England was also called what?
the bubonic plague
Name the plague that ravaged and killed a third of Europe's population in the 14th century?
The Bubonic Plague. However, this wasn't the most devastating to Europeans in the 14th century. The Bubonic Plague spawned a new disease, the Black Death, which was the true killer.
What is the disease called the rats in 1377?
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
What is the real common name for plague?
The common name for bubonic plague is the Black Death.
What is the original name for black death?
The black death is also known as 'The Black Plague' but the scientific name for it is the bubonic plague.
What was the disesase called black death?
The Black Death was almost certainly the bubonic plague.
