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Black Death

Living in Europe in the middle of the 1300’s would have been heartbreaking and awful. Not only were the living conditions very poor but there was an unknown disease that was wiping out a large percentage of European population. It is unimaginable the fear of wondering whether you or someone you loved was going to catch this deadly disease and no explanation would make a person feel safe from catching it or dying with it. The Europeans lived their lives as best they could, realizing that there was nothing they could do to stop this illness. They stood powerless against it waiting for their moment to come.
This unknown disease is known as the Bubonic Plague or the Black Death. It is a bacterial disease so lethal and so fast-spreading that it still causes people to worry about epidemics. Nowadays the disease can be successfully treated if caught early, but in the Middle Ages, when "elements and humors" were part of the medical process, catching the disease......

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