What Are The Causes Of The Black Death

The Black Death was the deadliest disease known to man. The Black Death first came from the shores of Italy in 1348. The plague came from merchant ships which came from middle-east and Asian. Most sailors on board were dying from this disease and a few days after arriving in west Europe, many peasants and poor people in the shore cities were immediately dying as well. The Black Death was very deadly and it hit anyone who wasn’t clean or people who have animals with the disease. Even though the black plague cannot be transmitted among humans, the black plague occurs when fleas feed on the blood of infected rats and insects. The fleas then pass the disease when they attack animal and then the animal gives it to the human. The infection …show more content…
In hopes of survival, many people began to leave everything behind like what they had and moved to small cities and country sides in hope of fleeing from the Black Death. Fathers abandoned their children, wives and children abandoned their dad/husband, one brother to sister. Some fled to villages, others to villas in order to get a change in air. Where there had been no plague, however, most who fled carried the disease and if it was already there, it increase the rate of the spread of the Black Death. This horrifying plague caused many people mostly children some traumatic …show more content…
Before the Black Death, the Church had millions of followers. However, when the plague came people left the Church and blamed them for this disease. But the Church had no way to explain for the chaos. So when the bishops and priests could not give them the answers the people wanted, the Church began losing spiritual authority over its people. As the Church lost spiritual authority, many from the clergy began to leaving. Many clergy abandoned their Christian duties and fled. Many of the Churches with the finest leaders were also leaving and some even moved away to avoid the problems they were facing. Since many head officials were parting, the Church panicked and began aggressively recruiting others to fill the ranks. As the Nuns, Monks, and Friars continued to die off. The Church was critiqued on a daily basis, and people began to treasure worldly things and turned their backs on God since they believed God was punishing them for no reason but other thought caused of their sins. As people began to stop believing in God, many turned towards the lords with the hopes they could give some support and an answer to the outrage. In conclusion, the unfortunate loss of nearly 50 million people was the catalysis to social change throughout Europe, in the aftermath of the Black Death in the 14th century can be seen the seeds of our modern civilization, rising from the ashes of decimation like the proverbial