The Black Death

The Black Death was a disease that spread all over Europe. It was highly unpleasant and took only three or four days to kill you. Most importantly, it was the most contagious or wide spread disease of the time. The Black Death killed one third of Europe’s population between 1347 and 1351. Historians believe that there were two different plagues at this time. One of these plagues was called the Bubonic plague, this is when the fleas on the backs of rats which were infected with this disease jumped onto a person and infected the person. This disease did not spread as much in the cold and the other plague as the pneumonic plague which was extremely deadly.
The most common belief was that the plague had been sent by God and that it was his punishment for the sins people had committed. Another belief was that people thought the position of the planets caused the terrible disease. The actual reason why it was spread is because “fleas which had fed on the blood of a rat which had the...