Because the Bubonic Plague (first to hit Britain) was when humans got boils, and the boils were BLACK. Because the Bubonic plague, (spread by fleas from infected rats), would cause the victim to receive boils, and blotches of skin that would turn black or blue.
These are not boils but enlarged lymph nodes which became black (gangrenous).
I assume you're asking about the Bubonic Plague...
It was called the Black Death because it caused the glands in the neck, armpits, and groin to swell and blacken (hence "Black").
And "Death"... pretty self explanatory.
the bubonic plague (black plague) caused boils, when the person was near death the boils turned black
They called it the black death because the plague came from black rats that were infected with the black plague.
The black plauge was from Europe and spread all the way to cover half of Asia it went that far. But now there is no Black Plauge it ended in about the 15 century. I don't know exacly where the Black Plauge started though.
The Black Plague (also called the Black Death) got its name because of the black spots the disease produced on the skin of its victims.
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1348 - 1350
the black plauge is dead
petarch died from the black plauge aka black death
the plauge!
the black plauge and the smallpox
The main corse of the black plauge which started in the early 1300's was the bubonic plauge where the rats were the first victims , Infact the rats were actually carring the fleas that were tiny parasites feeding off of the rat then being transmitted to humans, causing extreme pain for the victim. The black plauge was know in 3 ways, The bubonic plauge, The Pnemonic plague and the Sepifaemic plague and they all infected and killed people in a week or under, =D
London.
It first arose in 1348 and ended in 1350
Europe - well not just Europe, it spead through out Asia aswell.