Few Historical Aspects of Plague

Abstract

Plague was one of the most grave diseases that caused a lot of deaths during that time. This history of disease goes far back in the Middle Ages, when the Black Death ravaged Europe, and has continued up to the present day, when new epidemics are continuing to spread. The effects of the Black Death - social, demographic, and economic - were devastating. Although it has been widely held that the Black Death was an epidemic of bubonic plague spread by flea-borne bacteria, recent research has raised new questions about these conventional theories.