The Black
Death was a substantial factor in the collapse of Medieval Society in Europe. Scholars of the
time called it in Latin astra mors, meaning "dreadful death." It
was caused by a bacillus known as yersenia pestis which was carried by
fleas which only lived on Asian Black Rats. The disease is thought to have entered Europe via
ships from Asia carrying the rats which are not native to Europe.
The effect
of the plague was a slow, lingering death which wiped out as much as one third of Europe's
population. Agnolo di Tura, who survived an outbreak, described its effect:
€¦the victims died almost...
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