The Black Death and it's Effects on Medieval Society
There have been many diseases reported historically such as smallpox, measles and typhoid but none were as horrendous as the Black Death. In order to understand the devastation of this disease we must look at the effects it had on the political, economic and social structures of medieval Europe. "The Black Death first appeared in Europe in 1347 when a boat filled with dead and dying people docked at Messina harbor, north east of Sicily."( Königshofen, Jacob von) This boat came from the Orient and within days of its arrival…
