Back to Jewish History Sourcebook | Back to Medieval Sourcebook | Halsall History Web Sites Page | Jewish History Sourcebook: The Black Death and the Jews 1348-1349 CE In 1348 there appeared in Europe a devastating plague which is reported to have killed off ultimately twenty-five million people. By the fall of that year the rumor was current that these deaths were due to an international ...

Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Boccaccio: The Decameron - Introduction The onset of the Black Death, was described by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). I say, then, that the years of the beatific incarnation of the Son of God had reached the tale of one thousand three hundred and forty eight, when in the illustrious city of ...

The social effects of the Black Death on England during the outbreak of 1348-1350.

Table Of Contents The Oriental Rat Flea Transmission The Black Death Path of the Plague Efforts to stop the Plague Quotes on the Black Death Changes in the Economy The Church Effect on Europe Effect on Music and Art Back to Insecta Inspecta World The Black Death 1347 - 1350 Culprit: Oriental Rat Flea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Family: Pulicidae Order: Siphonaptera Genus: ...

The Black Plague A Hands-on Epidemic Simulation Cory M. Wisnia Mendocino USD/CSIN cwisnia@mcn.org Mendocino Middle School POB 421 Mendocino CA 95460 707-937-0564 A Pilgrimage during the time of the Black Plague Imagine that YOU are traveling to a variety of towns and villages on a pilgramage or a trading voyage. It is the time of the Pestis Puerorum a form of the Black Plague which is ...

The Spanish Influenza wiped out more than 25 million peole in just one year - an epidemic that started right here in the United States.

The Black Plague (1348-1350) General Information Primary Sources General Information: HWC, The Black Death : The BEST source on the Plague (23 pages) by Dr. E. L. Skip Knox of Boise State University. If you need to know about it, Dr. Knox wrote about it. A Look at History - The Plague : A doctor explores the causes, treatment, and control of pestilential outbreak. Describes both the bubonic and ...

TED Case Studies The Role of Trade in Transmitting the Black Death A. IDENTIFICATION B. LEGAL CLUSTERS C. GEOGRAPHIC CLUSTERS D. TRADE CLUSTERS E. ENVIRONMENT CLUSTERS F. RELEVANT WEB SITES CASE NUMBER: 414 CASE MNEMONIC: BUBONIC CASE NAME: The Black Death A. IDENTIFICATION 1. The Issue Between 1339 and 1351 AD, a pandemic of plague traveled from China to Europe, known in Western history as The ...