The Black Death | 1. Introduction
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The Black Death
In the late 13 forty people in cities, towns and villages across europe and beyond began to fall ill from a mysterious pestilence. Many of these victims were horrified to discover putrid black bubos in their groins, necks and armpits. Within six or seven days of infection, they were either beginning to recover or were ready for burial. Anyone suffering from these symptoms faced certain death. As one english chronicler recalled, the pestilence grew so strong that men and women dropped dead while walking in the streets. In innumerable households and many villages, not one person was left alive. There were hardly enough people alive to bury the dead, or enough burial grounds to hold them
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