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Black plague: In 14th-century Europe, the victims of the "black plague" had bleeding below the skin (subcutaneous hemorrhage) which made darkened ("blackened") their bodies. Black plague can lead to "black death" characterized by gangrene of the fingers, toes, and nose. Black plague is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) which is transmitted to humans from infected rats by the oriental rat flea.
C oming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe unprecedented in recorded history.
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague: In the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. The bubonic plague mainly affects rodents, but ...
The Black Plague was a three year period during which a fourth of the European population died of disease. At its peak, the Black...
Get the facts on the history of the Black Death (plague), and read about causes, symptoms, treatment, prevention and vaccine information. Bubonic, septicemic, and ...
The Black Death (also bubonic plague, and more recently the Black Plague) was a devastating epidemic in Europe in the mid-14th century (1347-1350), and is estimated to have ...