Interesting Facts:
The term 'Black Plauge' wasn't used when the plauge was around. it used to be called the 'Great Mortality' or 'Pestilence'.
Although the Black Death ended in 1351, it continued throughout Europe with outbreaks every few years until the fifteenth century. The Black Death might have killed as many Europeans as 200 million between 1328 and 1351. Medieval doctors believed the plauge had at least one of seven causes. Many people thought the plauge was a punishment from the Gods for sins. No one really thought that its was the ever present rats and fleas. People were not allowed to have baths, because it was believed that bathing opened the pores, letting more bad air in, spreading the disease. Colonges and perfumes were made during the plauge to cover up the smell of not bathing or changing clothes. Before the Black Death the music was cheerful and nice, but during the plauge the music was dull and grim. Plague continues to survive in the modern world. Today, though, it is rarely fatal. |