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1 day ago · Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
1 day ago · The Black Death was the second great natural disaster to strike Europe during the Late Middle Ages (the first one being the Great Famine of 1315–1317) and is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of the European population, as well as approximately 33% of the population of the Middle East.
Apr 26, 2024 · Plague is an infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium transmitted from rodents to humans by the bite of infected fleas. Plague has caused some of the most-devastating epidemics in history. It was the disease behind the Black Death of the 14th century, when as much as one-third of Europe’s population died.
1 day ago · The Black Death killed tens of millions of people in the mid-1300s, but scientists and historians are still trying to figure out how it spread. Wellcome Images via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 4.0
2 days ago · Outbreaks of Y. pestis gave rise to some of the most-devastating epidemics of plague in history, including the Justinianic plague in the 5th–7th century and the Black Death in the 14th century, which killed about one-third of Europe’s population. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, large pandemics arose in Asia, eventually spreading ...
May 8, 2024 · The Black Death isn't just fascinating for the devastation it caused, but also for the invaluable look into society it provides: How did people deal with such a terrifying plague that killed a still unagreed-upon number of people? Did it pull communities together, or push them apart?
3 days ago · Scientists have long debated whether human body lice might have helped drive the rapid spread of the bacteria responsible for the deadly plague in the Middle Ages, known as the Black Death. It’s ...
