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__**INTRODUCTION**__
[|The Black Death] was a disease that swept Europe and Asia in years 1347-1350 The Middle Ages encompass one of the most exciting periods in English History. One of the most important historical events of the Medieval era is the Black Death. It was an epidemic disease that devastated Europe and Asia. The disease presented dark spots on the skin due to a subcutaneous bleeding. It i s not entirely clear the source of the outbreak of the plague. Could have originated in northern India and central Asia in 1347, came to Britain in 1348 and later came to Russia and Germany.

__**THE BLACK DEATH IN ENGLAND**__ (1348-1350)
The Black Death reached England in [|1348]. Bristol was an important European port and city in England during the Medieval era. It is widely believed that Bristol was the place where the Black Death first reached England. The plague reached England during the summer months between June and August. The Back Death reached London by 1st November 1348. London was a crowded, bustling city with a population of around 70,000. The sanitation in London was poor and living conditions were precarious. The River Thames brought more ships and infection to London which spread to the rest of England. The crowded, dirty living conditions of the English cities led to the rapid spread of the disease. Church records that the actual deaths in London were approximately 20,000. Between 1348 and 1350, the disease killed about 30 - 40% of the population of England which at the time was estimated to be about five to six million. Many people were thrown into open communal pits. The oldest, youngest and poorest died first. Whole villages and towns in England simply ceased to exist after the Black Death.

**· Bubonic plague: **
Bubonic plague was transmitted by direct contact with rats, fleas and lice infected. Infected people had dark spots throughout the body and they also had high fever and vomiting.

**·Pulmonary plague:**
Pulmonary plague was transmitted orally via contaminated droplets and saliva of an infected person. Affected people had difficulty breathing, blue and lilac spots appeared throughout the body and they spat blood.

**·S epticemic plague: **
Septicemic plague was the least common but most deadly since the infection spreads quickly into the blood. It was characterized by high fever and purple spots in the body.

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