Black Death (Plagues)

Bubonic plague was one of the most feared diseases of the ancient and medieval worlds. Nobody could tell what caused it, and most people who got it died within a few days, screaming in pain. And when one or two people in a village got it, usually it spread to everyone else, and many of them died. Plague caused a fever, and black spots on your chest sometimes, and sometimes great big black swellings on your armpits and at the top of your legs. That's why they called it the Black Death. These swellings got hard like rocks and hurt, and then in a day or two people usually died. There was no effective treatment, though of course people tried all kinds of things, from magic to surgery. Sometimes people did get better on their own, if they had good nursing care and were very healthy to begin with.Today we do know what causes bubonic plague. Fleas carry it in the blood they suck; if a flea bites an infected person or animal (usually it's rats) and then bites you, then you'll get it too. People do still get bubonic plague, even today. But today we can cure it with antibiotics, and so most people who get it live

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Although the Peasants revolt was very good for people in England, the Black Death affected people out of Britain because the terrible disease spread around the whole world.

The Black Death had a bigger impact, as it affected as many people as 75 million, but the Peasants revolt killed an average of 3267 people.

If it wasn't for the Black Death, there wouldn't have been a Peasants revolt, because so many deaths caused by the Black Death led to the peasants revolting.

The Black Death had a bigger impact on more peoples lives because many people died and the peasants felt they were worth more so they rose against authority to gain freedom from their lords and to see if they could gain more power and improve their lives forever.

Yes, the mortality rate of plague is not constant depending on what strain and type it is.

It can be as high as 90%, so 10% of people who catch it will survive.

whatever the disease (like plague), there will normally be some people who are either immune to it and will not get sick or people that get sick but recover from it.

In humans, the sylvatic plague is a very serious disease that can cause symptoms like swollen lymph glands, high fever, and headaches. If not treated, this disease can lead to death. It is a bacterial disease that mainly affects animals in the wild like prairie dogs and the black-footed ferret. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected flea.

Yes, if you live in rural areas where there are carriers, such as field mice and prarie dogs. However, it is easily cured with antibiotics.

This is not true. While mice DID have to do with the cause. Flea is actually where it originated. Fleas bit the mice and rats then it spread to humans. I'm in history class right now and I just read in the book that to this day there is still no cure for bubonic plague.

the first answer is the most correct, there is a cure ( antibotics ) the second part is right the flea is where it originated :D

I've researched plenty of websites (university websites and government websites and some organization websites) about the black death and yes, you can get it today since the World Health Organization receives at least 1,000 cases each year, globally. Also, there is NO CURE for the black death and its three forms. There are treatments for it but again there is NO CURE for it. Also, the second person (the person who said they were in history class) is also right about the Black Plague/Death being carried by fleas.

Black Death had left whole Europe in shock. Europe lost most of its economy and social power.

A system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.

Just 2 or 3 days from the accounts I have read. Very fast.

The people during the 1300's were freighted of the plague because it was killing people extremely quickly and they couldn't find a cure for it.

in the blood cells. orur moms vagina

Black Death ended in Europe in 1346 to 1353. Followed by many important revolutions.

The poor people mostly stayed home and many died there. Some crowded into other areas, taking the disease with them. The wealthy travelled - sometimes great distances - in order to escape the plague, but they also took it with them. However, the well-off had access to more hygenic conditions and better medical treatment than their poorer compatriots. The aftermath of the plague certainly reinforced the view of the rich and the ruling classes that poor people were not safe to come into contact with and sometimes ridiculous measures were taken to avoid this. Of course, noblemen and their ilk continued intimate contact with prostitutes and peasants, but that was different.

No-one died in London in 1347 in the Black Daeth, it wasn't introduced at the time it was only in Italy

Well. Black Death was a terrible disease that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. It killed around 1/2 of the population. The positive effects of this was 1. Feudalism Declined - There was no use for Fuedalism anymore in the High Middle Ages. 1000 - 1450 C.E. About. 2. And that was the time of the rise of the middle class.

the housing conditions were filthy and dirty, the poor people rarley had clean water because the houses were so crowded

Yes. The pandemic lasted from March 1918 to June 1920, spreading even to the arctic and remote Pacific islands. It is estimated that anywhere from 50 to 100 million people were killed worldwide which is from three to seven times the casualties of the first World War (15 million) around the same time period. An estimated 50 million people, about 3% of the world's population (approximately 1.6 billion at the time), died of the disease. An estimated 500 million, or 1/3 were infected.

The cause of the black plague was the blocked flea. This flea would regurgitate the plague into the victims blood stream whilst feeding on them. The fleas had to run off the rat onto a human. The victim would start getting headaches, then chills and fever which made the victim exhausted. The victim might vomit and get soreness in their limbs.

The bubonic plague. When the flea bit you, you started off with a cold and fever. Then it got worse. Buboes (swelling) appeared in the groin, armpits and/or neck. The fever got worse. You coughed blood.

Then, when the illness took over your nerval system, you began having uncontrollable spasms which were frightening and painful.

Most people had died by now.

Then, if you were still alive, the buboes burst and you had a 50-50 chance of survival. Yay!

Girl, 12, West Bridgford School

The people in eurup didnt like cats so the rat population got realy high and on of them had a flea with a deses...hence the black PLAGUE.

• One effect would've been decline of feudalism

yes plague is very deadly. the black death killed over 50 million people from the years 1348-1350. people with the black death only had around a week to live, sometimes even less. children infected with the disease were left on the road side by their mothers and people were locked away to die.

The Renaissance would have never happened.

yes, black death caused many revolts. Some wars were also inspired by it.

It depended on when you contracted the disease, generally. If it was towards the beginning of the epidemic, then they might have hope, and try to treat it as they would any illness: your family would care for you.

However, if you caught the plague after the epidemic had swelled to a pandemic, and people were feeling hopeless, then often healthy citizens would board up the houses of the ill, and confine them therein. You and your family would die of lack of water, starvation, or the disease itself.