The Black Plague was one of the worst and deadliest .
diseases known to man in the history of the world. The Plague .
originated in Italy and quickly spread throughout Europe killing .
more than one hundred thirty seven million people. Early .
treatments for the Plague were often bizarre but eventually came .
in a vaccine and through isolation. The symptoms of the Black .
Plague were swellings called buboes and dried blood under the .
skin that appeared black. The Black Plague changed the world in .
several different ways. It resulted in medical advances and .
architectural setbacks. .
In the 1300's one of the most fearful and deadliest .
diseases known to humans erupted somewhere in Central Asia; the .
Black Plague. It came to England in 1348 and for over three .
centuries the Black Plague remained a continual fear in the .
everyday life of citizens in Europe. The Plague struck first .
along the northern edge of the Black Sea in 1348, where it .
killed and estimated eighty eight thousand people in less than .
three months. The Plague reached southern England in the late .
summer of 1348 and swept northward through the following year. .
The Black Plague completed it's journey and died out by the end .
of 1351. Although the people of Medieval Europe did not know .
the direct cause of the Plague, they believed without .
doubt that God was responsible, judging human behavior and ready .
to punish the wicked. They concluded that this Black Plague was .
punishment from an angry God (Corzine 27-31). .
The Black Plague had several different names. Bubonic .
Plague received its name because of the painful swellings it .
produced called buboes. The Black Death is another name which .
was given to the Plague because of the appearance of black blood .
beneath the skin. This disease became associated with the term .
"plague" because of the widespread fatalities that it caused .
throughout history (Platt 10-11). .
The people of the fourteenth century were uneducated and .