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Sep 17, 2010 · The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. The plague arrived in Europe in October 1347, when 12 ships from the Black...
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread by fleas and through the air.
Apr 5, 2023 · The Black Death was a plague pandemic that devastated medieval Europe from 1347 to 1352. The Black Death killed an estimated 25-30 million people. The disease originated in central Asia and was taken to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders.
- Mark Cartwright
- The first major wave of the Black Death lasted from 1347 to 1352.
- The Black Death never really ended, it was just that successive waves became less devastating from the 15th century thanks to better sanitation and...
- Some people did survive the Black Death since it killed between 30 and 75% of those infected and not 100%. There were also areas where the plague d...
- During the Black Death, the bubonic plague spread from the Crimea to Europe via rats or human parasites via Genoese ships. Between 30% and 50% of t...
Apr 16, 2020 · The outbreak of plague in Europe between 1347-1352 – known as the Black Death – completely changed the world of medieval Europe. Severe depopulation upset the socio-economic feudal system of the time but the experience of the plague itself affected every aspect of people's lives.
- Joshua J. Mark
- Effects of the Black Death included more rights for women (because so many men had died), more rights for serfs, a revision of medical knowledge, l...
- The Black Death was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis carried by fleas on rodents.
- People of the time attributed the Black Death to supernatural agencies, either God's punishment for sin or demonic attacks.
- The Black Death influenced the Protestant Reformation by weakening people's trust in the teachings of the Catholic Church, eventually allowing for...
Ole J Benedictow calculated that the Black Death, or bubonic plague, killed 50 million people in the 14th century – or 60 per cent of Europe’s entire population.
In October 1347, a ship came from the Crimea and Asia and docked in Messina, Sicily. Aboard the ship were not only sailors but rats. The rats brought with them the Black Death, the bubonic plague. Reports that came to Europe about the disease indicated that 20 million people had died in Asia.
May 26, 2024 · Black Death, the name given to the devastating epidemic, struck Europe between 1347 and 1351. This plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, decimated populations and profoundly altered the course of European history.
