Black Death (Plagues)

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.

Doctors did exist at the time of the medieval black plague, however, they did not know anything about the cause or treatment of the plague, and were useless. Medical science was extremely primitive at that period of history.

yes it does kill you.. it is a very painful death that cause buboes and tons of other stuff. it takes 3-5 days until you die and that's not soon enough when you have this disease

For infected individuals, you'd have to give them antibiotic therapy.  If there is a plague outbreak in a community, a reasonable way to stop the spread would be to quarantine infected individuals and kill off the local rodent and flea populations.

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They had a tendency of dieing the nearly the same as any one else, the only difference being that they lived in better conditions and were healthier in the first place.

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The Black Plague travelled by the infected fleas living on the host, which was most of the time a rat. In the time of the black plague in Europe, especially in England, people were very religious. Many thought that the plague was a punishment from God and thereby started making antidotes and so called "cures". One "cure" was brought by the flagellants, who believed that if they publicly hurt themselves, and shed blood, they would be spared by God's wrath. The blood from the flagellants was rubbed in the eyes and on the face of onlookers who believed the flagellants to be holy. This was not the smartest idea because blood was another way the disease travelled. Also, people who had the plague were quarantined, and to avoid being quarantined, family members or servants that had the plague were hidden away. The plague was very contagious and so the families themselves got the plague as well. For more information on the plague and how it was spread I recommend using the book Daily Life during the Black Deathby Joseph P. Byrne.

It is unknown. But it is estimated that Black Death killed almost 75 to 200 million people.

By boat obviously, as Britain is an island and they hadn't invented the aeroplane. Merchant ships spread the disease round Europe.

Yes. The Black Death was caused by fleas on black rats, so if there are rats there will be plague.

it did by coughing on people and on the clothes they would wear

well, the black death could have been good in the sense that without it we wouldn't have a cure for it nowadays but it is generally seen as a bad thing because it killed millions of innocent people it depends on how you want to view it

Actually, it was completely a good thing

black death changed Europe. Socially, economically, it led to many revolutions. which changed feudalism and other rules.

There are three major forms of the disease: bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic.

Europeans began questioning their faith in the catholic church

The plague that hit England in 1665 was the last of the many plagues that hit during a 400 year span. As many as 7,000 people per week died in London, while those who could escaped the city and the plague. It is estimated that one of the consequences of the plague was the loss of up to 140,000 people in less than a year. Many businesses closed. Ultimately the Parliament passed the Rebuilding of London Act of 1666, and many of the terrible conditions, such as open sewers running down the middle of the streets, were done away with.

Everyone Will die unless there buboes don't Burst !

The black death was a big turning point for Europe because of everything that had gone on during the black plague. After the black death people saw how terribly they wee living and disided to change it and now that have become much more cleaner and cautios.

Another name for the plague is the black death

The black death went on for a long time, and there are many different arguments about when it started and finished. But most accounts tell that the Black Death came to a steady decrease and a final stop in 1358.

The black death all started cause the European people didn't take care of there trash properly. This caused rats... Rats had fleas.. And the rats got affected with the disease

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After the plague had been contained, a good portion of Europe's population was gone. With no one left to farm the crops, international trade took a deep nose dive. Peasants were suddenly in demand and could earn high wages for their work. The wealthy countered this by creating laws that made it illegal to pay wages higher than the ones in 1346. This led to the Peasants Revolt of 1381.

The Black Death was spread by rats and the fleas they carried. The disease spread slowly across Asia as it moved through the rat population. Rats travelled on ships, which crossed the Mediterranean, and the rats got into various port cities, spreading the disease.

The Black Death can be spread from person to person, but the spread is much slower and ends, in the absence of the rats and fleas.