Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351

The bubonic plague was spread via rats or human parasites

There were so many plague victims and so many bodies that the authorities did not know what
to do with them, and carts piled high with corpses became a common sight across Europe. It
seemed the only course of action was to stay put, avoid people, and pray.

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Kaffa, to Mediterranean ports Sicily, North Africa, Italy, Spain, and France and Austria,
Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, and the Low Countries. England, Scotland, Scandinavia, and
the Baltic countries

The Black Death never really ended, it was just that successive waves became less devastating
from the 15th century thanks to better sanitation and strategies like quarantine.

Consequences

On average 30% of the population of affected areas was killed, although some
historians prefer a figure closer to 50%, and this was probably the case in the worst
affected cities. Figures for the death toll thus range from 25 to 30 million in Europe
between 1347 and 1352.

Smaller urban areas hit by the plague were abandoned by their residents

Ruin of many landowners. Because there weren’t enough worker to cover the demand of
products like food.

The old system of feudalism was gone.

raditional authority - both governmental and from the church - was questioned for
how could such disasters befall a people? Were not governors and God in some way
responsible?

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intensified throughout Europe as Jews were blamed for the spread of the Black Death. A wave
of violent pogroms ensued, and entire Jewish communities were killed by mobs or burned at
the stake en masse.

Positive effect

Women, in particular, gained some rights of property ownership they had not had before the
plague Laws varied depending on the region but, in some parts of England, for example, those
women who had lost husbands were permitted to keep his land for a certain period until they
remarried or, in other, more generous jurisdictions, if they did remarry then they did not lose
their late husband's property, as had been the case previously.

How it is today?
  fever
 vomiting
 bleeding
 organ failure
 open sores

Bubonic plague still occurs throughout the world and in the U.S.

But as long as you don’t touch an animal that has the plague bacteria, your chances of getting
it are incredibly low.

The plague is extremely rare. Only a couple thousand casesTrusted Source are reported
worldwide each year, most of which are in Africa, India, and Peru.

The United States only sees about 7 cases a yearTrusted Source, and they’re typically reported
in Southwestern states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, where
wild rodents carry the bacteria.

Unlike Europe’s disastrous bubonic plague epidemic, the plague is now curable in most cases.

It can successfully be treated with antibiotics, and according to the CDCTrusted Source,
treatment has lowered mortality rates to approximately 11 percent.

The antibiotics work best if given within 24 hours of the first symptoms. In severe cases,
patients can be given oxygen, intravenous fluids, and breathing support.