because the most infamous symptom was greyish/black boils that would form on the neck, armpits, and groin.
it was called the black death because of the blue and black blotches on the skin of the victims
Because people bled under their skin and their lymph nodes filled will blood and these became black as well.
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.
The answer is bubonic plaque
It was the Bubonic Plague (Black Death).
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The bubonic plague.
It was called Black Death, Black Plaque and Bubonic Plaque.
the bubonic plague
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.
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
The common name for bubonic plague is the Black Death.
The black death is also known as 'The Black Plague' but the scientific name for it is the bubonic plague.
The Black Death was almost certainly the bubonic plague.