Black Death In Europe. The plague arrived in europe in october 1347, when 12 ships from the black sea docked at the sicilian port of messina. Its spread and impact is disputed, but it does give an insight into a medieval way of life.
Once it hit europe the black death moved fast and travelled at an average speed of 4 km a day. It spread from central asia on rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships, and traveled towards europe as people fled from one area to another. It was a new disease, against which people had no immunity, that led to what has been described as the worst disaster in the the most common form of treatment was to lance the buboes, expelling a foulsmelling, blackish liquid. We have good mortality data from outbreaks in nine cities in europe, prof nils stenseth, from the university of oslo, told bbc news.
Growing stability in europe in the late middle ages made possible extensive trade between east and west and within europe itself.
Known as the black death, the much feared disease spread quickly for centuries, killing millions. The black death, a plague that first devastated europe in the 1300s, had a silver lining. In northern europe, the black death affected culture, with an artistic movement focusing on death and what happens after, which stood in contrast to the other cultural trends in the region. 02 the black death killed 25% to 60% of europe's population.
