The Black Death was one of the worst pandemics our civilization has ever experience. It originated in 1347, when the trade routes lengthen. Gerbils coming from Asia happened to carry a bacteria called Yersinia Pestis, which would cause people who contracted would start experiencing the symptoms of a common cold after 3 to 7 days of having faced the bacteria. This includes high fevers, chills and feeling exhausted and weak. Unlike catching a cold, The Plague would also cause its victims get an lymph node in either their neck or groin. These were called buboes, and they were extremely painful. The sickness would usually take 3 to 5 days to kill its sufferers. In 1350, the Black Death was over, after killing one …show more content…
People believed that astrology and the way the planets are aligned determine people’s health and the community well-being. After going through this terrible pandemic, people started thinking about other reasons why such atrocious sickness could have happened and how to prevent themselves from other illnesses. A way they tried to prevent this malady took place in Italy, where they started separating the victims from the healthy people. Since the ailment was transmitted from one organism to the other through touching or being near someone who contracted the disease, isolating the unwell helped The Plague to withdraw. Another action taken during and after the Black Death dissipated was the exploration plague bacteria and viruses. People also “examined victims and watched the progress of the disease, comparing cases and taking note of preventive measures that seemed to work” (Plague). This means that they could recognize the symptoms before it was too late, and since they payed attention to what made it better and what made it worse, they were able to treat it or stop it from spreading. In conclusion, during The Black Death, many advancements were made in the arts of science and medicine, If the Europeans were never affected by the terrible pandemic, they would have never started investigating why some sickness happen and they would not have …show more content…
People believed that everything that happened to them and the world around them was because of God. For instance, every time someone got sick, people thought it was God’s way of punishing them. Since The plague did not only affect people from the laity, but also from the clergy. The fact that people from the church, who were supposed to be the people whose faith in God is the purest were also getting sick, made people think if God was actually punishing the bad. In addition, since the church was dying, some parts of the communion were substituted by people with less experience than the deceased members. This resulted in a great loss in power of the church (Black Death: The lasting impact). Also, the church would only take care of the people spiritually, which did not really help people who were suffering, Priests and other members refused to “cure” people, fearing they would contract the disease. Citizens who observed their behavior started questioning if this people were actually there to help them and if they could trust them. In conclusion, because of the way the church reacted to the Black Death and the minimal help they offered to their followers, people began to think that God might not be real. This helped the community get a more open mind to all the problems taking place around them that the church could not elucidate, and to try and come up with