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Stomach turning and hopeless, life in the late 1340's best depicts the true horror of the black plague. A person with the illness lived 3 days on average. Bodies that would resemble something like zombies would fill the streets. In fear people shut themselves from the world; finding peace of mind in quarantee. Some people just turn tail and ran: "... Many villages and hamlets or deserted... and never inhabited again". Surprisingly enough symptoms varied from place to place . Where in the east blood gushed from people's noses; western Europe people vomited their blood.
By Vidal Gallardo |
The Black plague spread across Europe through 1346 to 1353. The citizens could only watch their neighbors die around them then drag out the dead bodies to the streets to be buried. Eventually there were so many bodies they started making big, deep pits to bury the dead. Then added a small layer of soil then the then day they added more bodies and the cycle would continue. Florence cities population was decrease by 60 percent to the hands of the plague. The plague started on rats and once the rats started to die then the fleas started eating people. Inevitably it had an enormous impact on European society and greatly affected the dynamics of change and development from the medieval to Early Modern period. A historical turning point, as well as a vast human tragedy, the Black Death of 1346-53 is unparalleled in human history.
By Sean Rickard |
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