Geography
Origin
The Black Plague started in Asia and spread throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa. It is not known where it exactly started.
The Black Plague started in Asia and spread throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa. It is not known where it exactly started.
Spread of the Black Plague
Below are places where the Black Plague hit, in order.
Sicily
October of 1347.
Marseille
November of 1347
Venice
January of 1348.
Central Italy
Spring of 1348
Paris
Summer of 1348
England
Fall of 1348
London
Fall of 1348
Austria
Fall of 1348
Germany
Fall of 1349
Scandinavia
Fall of 1349
Moscow
Fall of 1352
How the Black Plague Subsided
The Black Plague was believed to have subsided due to a number of variables, which are, quarantine, hygiene and clean air.
When someone was quarantined it meant staying inside your house and watching out for fleas and rats. This treatment was both for those infected and uninfected. Those who had a better financial background would typically leave the country and stay as far away from Plague infested cities. In some cases, healthy and infected people that were living in the same house were quarantined together. This was popular in Milan, Italy, were some families were walled up in their houses and left to die.
Before the Bubonic Plague struck hygiene was very rarely practiced. It was common to consume contaminated water. People did not wash regularly, and the people who died were buried in mass graves. During the Black Plague, however, people began to practice personal hygiene. More people was regularly, and though the bacteria that causes bubonic plague had not been discovered yet, this cleanliness removed the microorganisms.
An important factor for subsiding the Black Plague was clean air. Over time, the Pubonic plague became Pneumonic, or airborne, passing from person to person without fleas carrying it. Sitting between two fires was considered one of the best places to breathe clean air because the extreme heat killed the bacteria. Pope Clement VI was known to have torches surrounding him to keep the bacteria from attacking you.
The Black Plague was believed to have subsided due to a number of variables, which are, quarantine, hygiene and clean air.
When someone was quarantined it meant staying inside your house and watching out for fleas and rats. This treatment was both for those infected and uninfected. Those who had a better financial background would typically leave the country and stay as far away from Plague infested cities. In some cases, healthy and infected people that were living in the same house were quarantined together. This was popular in Milan, Italy, were some families were walled up in their houses and left to die.
Before the Bubonic Plague struck hygiene was very rarely practiced. It was common to consume contaminated water. People did not wash regularly, and the people who died were buried in mass graves. During the Black Plague, however, people began to practice personal hygiene. More people was regularly, and though the bacteria that causes bubonic plague had not been discovered yet, this cleanliness removed the microorganisms.
An important factor for subsiding the Black Plague was clean air. Over time, the Pubonic plague became Pneumonic, or airborne, passing from person to person without fleas carrying it. Sitting between two fires was considered one of the best places to breathe clean air because the extreme heat killed the bacteria. Pope Clement VI was known to have torches surrounding him to keep the bacteria from attacking you.