The Black Death Plague in Europe
The Black Death Plague in Europe
Up from the murky depths of the Middle Ages crept a devastatingly horrific and terrifying disease. Responsible for the deaths of millions, this disease, or plague was known as the “Black Death”. Although there is no certainty as to the location where the plague originated from, it is known that it’s deadly bacteria came from the foul belly of a single flea. When the Black Death began to take hold, unimaginable fear, panic and chaos swept through the hearts of Europe’s people; the rich and the poor alike. The structures, passed on for generations, which were responsible for upholding society, commenced to collapse unstoppably. All the while, the Christian church, alike, struggled hard to survive through the disaster. Never before had the world seen such a pillaging, unstoppable force, that would ravage all that was accomplished for years to come.
The Black Death, as it was labeled, is believed to have first appeared around the region known as the Black Sea. This catastrophe began in the early part of 1347. Blamed for it’s start were many of the existing races at the time. The Italian traders were extensively bombarded with accusations of deliberately causing and spreading the plague. Evidently, because of this, natives attacked an Italian trading post, hoping to put an end to the deaths, or possibly to solely punish those who they believed were the source of the Black Death. While signing the post, the natives became infected uncontrollably, thus they came up with the idea to catapult infected bodies over the wall of the trading post, subsequently infecting the Italians as well. What the natives did not realize was that the Italians would board ships and sail East to Italy, spreading the disease even faster. In October of that year, the plague commenced sweeping through the island of Sicily. Knowing the approximate whereabouts of where the plague started leads one to the question as to how it started.
Deep within the stomach of that wretched flea, brewed a bacteria which would lead to the deaths of millions throughout the known world. The bubonic plague, another name given to the disease, spread much like a wildfire by means of fleas infected with the plague, which they received from feeding on the blood...