BUBONIC PLAGUE

Bubonic Plague

Bubonic Plague

 Introduction

Plague. Aphrase that has struck worry in the hearts of man since the soonest of times. It has furthermore lead to some of the utmost historical events and tales of our time. The very old towns of Rome and Athens, in their downfall, were completed off by pestilence. The Bubonic Plague, furthermore renowned as The very dark Death, devastated Europe in the 14th years, starting a new age. The large warrior Ivan the Terrible was stricken with disease, and propelled mad. During the 'exploration' of the new world, Cortes's utmost ally against the Aztecs was smallpox. Napoleon's Grand Army was beaten by the Russians, and typhus. Queen Victoria disperse hemophilia to her heirs, leading to the illness of the only child of Czar Nicholas, and the drop of monarchy in Russia. All the events are awful in every way, but have hit a chord with people round the world. Perhaps it is our inherent morbid curiosity. So, the question is, if these events occurred one time, why can't they occur again?

Discussion: Bubonic Plague



Let us take a gaze at the most awful, so far, of the plagues: The very dark Death. It took Europe by gale from roughly 1345 to 1361. It would also make little comebacks throughout the next 400 years, but never like it did the first time. It also come to into Africa, China, Russia, and the Scandinavian countries. It was really a worldwide pandemic. But, it has a secondary effect that not numerous people are cognizant of. The colonies of Greenland, resolved by the Vikings, were stricken by the plague and they shortly disappeared. It is known that these colonies kept in contact with 'Vinland', which was beside New Foundland, in Canada. The Vikings had currently found out North America! But, alas, with these colonies all dead, Greenland was forgotten, and not discovered afresh until 1585.2 It is approximated that the plague took 24 million inhabits, about a quarter of the European population. This may seem incredulous to people today, but it happened.

During those times, where there were humans, there were black rats. And where there are rats, there are fleas. And where there were fleas, there was the plague. Bubonic plague, and also pneumonic plague, was everywhere. France, Italy, Russia, England, you title it. When a town was infected, persons escaped, most likely taking the plague with them to the next village.3 One can only envisage what the people of that time thought. In those days, the place of worship was the commanding influence. So, they probably thought it was the wrath of god. And with wraths of god, comes the need to search for scapegoats. And the major scapegoats were the Jews. They were suspect of contaminating village wells, and spreading imaginary venoms from town to city. For these 'crimes,' they were burned, dangled, stoned, etc. Also, specific scapegoats were discovered and killed in every city. Mass hysteria grabbed the known ...