The Plague

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The Plague

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The Plague struck England with a rampage of death that was never before seen in history . The countless deaths that swept Europe during that time became the reference for the term Black Death . Black Death is considered as one of the worst epidemics that ever haunted England in 1348-1350 killing almost half of the However , until this moment , no single explanation can still definitely answer the question as to how and where the disease originated . No

precise explanation as to the cause or source of the disease was posited ( The Black Death of 1348 and 1350 ? 2 . This is due to the now commonly held fact that during the time of the plague , medical science was still largely underdeveloped . Thus , no advanced medical explanation could be offered to account for the plague correspondingly , no medication was also discovered which effectively eradicated the disease .Historically though , Black Death is most commonly associated with the accounts on bubonic plague . Many historians would postulate that Black Death or the bubonic plague was taken to Europe from somewhere in India which was then brought by the Mongols to the ship Crimea where infected corpses were lodged in eventually , the disease reached Italy In no time , it finally found its way in England ( Black Death ? 1 .The effect of the disease was appalling as it decimated almost 1 .5 million people of the 4 million total population...