Black Death: A Deadly Plague In The Middle Ages

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Black Death was a deadly plague that killed millions. Black Death was a giant problem in the middle ages. Millions of lives were lost. Black Death was also important because it killed so many people, feudalism fell because of it, and it stopped overpopulation. This essay will explain why these three reason are important. ( History; Textbook)

Black Death was first brought to Europe in October 1347 when 12 Genoese trading ships came to Europe from the Black Sea. The folks who came to the dock to welcome the ships saw a shocking surprise. Most of the sailors were dead and the ones that were alive were very sick. They had a bad fever, couldn't keep food in their stomachs and went crazy from pain. Weirdest of all, they were covered in strange black boils that was squirting out blood and mucus and gave their sickness the name: the "Black Death." This plague had a lot of symptoms such as, fever, chills, vomiting, diarrhea, bad aches and pains-and then, of coarse death. The plague was so contagious that even if you touch someone it will spread to them. A person that was completely health could die the next morning.the Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio wrote, "at the beginning of the malady, certain swellings, either on the groin or under …show more content…

The Black Death was so deadly and dangerous that it was also the reason feudalism fell. The plague killed so many people that most of the people who died didn't get any kind of funeral or anything. Most of the people in villages died or fled while their neighbors got sick. In most places, the manor system fell just completely fell apart. Peasants and serfs fled their manors when they got money and there weren't enough people to work on the fields and feudalism just fell apart.

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