The plague

Title: The plague
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The plague

The impact of the plague on European culture To properly understand the impact of the plague and the historical marks it left it is necessary to consider all aspects of society. The Bubonic Plague otherwise known as the “Black Death” was responsible for the deaths of over 25 million people reducing the population of Europe by one third. Originating in Asia the plague swept through Europe between 1347 and 1350 spread by the Black Rat carrying the oriental …showed first 75 words of 1624 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1624 total…had upon an entire continent and the number of deaths it had caused. In contrast to other historical catastrophes the plague has taken more lives in three years than both of the world wars. Modern humanity now has to live with the fear that such endemic diseases are still possible with modern medicine and we may be yet to experience a disease which carries with it the horrifying and uncontrollable occurrences of the bubonic plague.

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