The Black Death in the Middle Ages

In the 14th century, a horrible disease appeared in Asia, Africa and Europe. The peeple called this illness the ‘Black Death’. The disease started in Asia in 1340’s. It spreads soon to Africa and along Europe. 

Rats were the animals which carried this illness, caused by a bacterium, but the people didn’t know it. They though it was a punishment from God for being a bad person. People believed that they would have the Black Death if they had a bad behaviour. Additionally, the hygiene was very bad in that times.

Infected people first started to have red marks with dark centres on their arms and neck. Then, they had high fevers and they got more ill until they die. Other symptoms of the Black Death included delirium, the victim begin to vomit, to have muscular pains, bleeding in the lungs and mental desorientation

To cure the Black Death to infected people, their families and friends prayed for them. People were very Catholic. But these were many treatment like lancing the buboes they had, had a diet, witchcroft and they had pestilence medice, but usually it was pointless: this illnesses plage left 7500 people dead in Europe every day.

The decline of the population wasn’t the only consequence of the Black Death. This plague changed Europe’s social and economic structure. Because of this, the predominant religion started again to chase after Jews and lepers. The population were quiet insecure for their lives , they just didn’t know if they could live another day more. The minorities who were chase, were accused by the predominant religion of poison the rivers, and to cause scandal in public. They were exterminated. There were more than 70 million of people who died because of the Black Death. Basically, the population fell pretty quickly and live in this age was very horrible and difficult. Looking at this, we can see that the Black Death was the most, or one of them, disease occur in our history.