Illnesses In Fourteenth Century Europe

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Can you stop the spread of potentially deadly viruses and diseases? Illnesses are everywhere, and a person can contract one just by touching an object. Ever stop and think to wash your hands after you leave a store? That one simple step that might take two minutes can help you prevent the spread of illnesses and even prevent you from contracting them. Disease has been around for as long as people have been around. One example of an early disease is the bubonic plague, or “the Black Death”, which devastated fourteenth-century Europe.
In fourteenth-century Europe, homes consisted of basic things such as mud, wood, and stone. The livestock crowded into the same rooms as their human caretakers. Indoor plumbing wasn’t invented yet so of course houses
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