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Essay Archive - The Horror of The Black Plague In Europe in 1347
The Horror of The Black Plague In Europe in 1347
The population of Europe took a devastating turn during the fall of
1347. A disease had broken out, and was carried on the backs of rats who
were infected by the fleas carrying the disease, which eventually was
passed on to man, causing the enlargement of the lymph nodes, and
eventually death, usually within three to four days. The blackish coloring
of the swelling gives the disease its name: the Black Death or Plague. The
first cases of the Black Plague were being reported, and t....
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