The Black Death

"They sickened by the thousands daily, and died unattended and without help.  Many died in the open street, others dying in their houses.  Consecrated churchyards did not suffice for the burial of the vast multitude of bodies, which were heaped by the hundreds in vast trenches, like goods in a ships hold and covered with little earth". - Giovanni Boccaccio

Birth Story. The Black Plague and the Seige of Caffa. 10-29-2010.

http://birthstory.net/tag/gabriele-de-mussi/

Gabriele de’ Mussi on the Plague. Decameron Web. 02-18-2010.

https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/perspectives/de_mussi.php

Vintage News. 6 Unbelievable Cures for the Black Death. Boban Doceski. Sep 2, 2016.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/02/priority-6-unbelivable-cures-black-death/

PBS. Mystery of the Black Death. 05-29-2014.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/mystery-black-death-background/1488/

CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Historical Review. Biological Warfare at the 1346 Seige of Caffa. Dr. Wheelis.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/9/01-0536_article

War History Online. Birth of the Black Plague: The Mongol Siege on Caffa. 07-28-2018. Micheal Chimaobi Kalu. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/mongol-siege-caffa-black-plague.html

Biological Warfare at the 1346 Siege of Caffa. Mark Wheelis. https://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/biological-warfare-at-the-1346-siege-of-caffa/

Eyewitness to History. The Black Death, 1348. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm

Black Death Facts: Your Guide to “The Worst Catastrophe in Recorded History”. History Extra. Samuel Cohn. Tim Beaumont James. https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/black-death-plague-epidemic-facts-what-caused-rats-fleas-how-many-died/

DK Find Out! Life During the Black Death. 2020.

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/black-death/life-during-black-death/

Jewish Currents. The Plague and the Jews of Strasbourg. 02-12-2018.

https://jewishcurrents.org/the-plague-and-the-jews-of-strasbourg/

History Extra. Women of the Plague.

https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/women-of-the-plague/

COD. The History of the Miasma Theory of Disease. Ajesh Kannadan. College of DuPage. Spring 2018.

Ancient History Encyclopedia. Mark Cartwright. 03-28-2020. Black Death.

https://www.ancient.eu/Black_Death/

Civil War Ghosts. Facts, Tidbits, and Scary Stories of the Black Plague. 03-25-2020.

https://civilwarghosts.com/facts-tidbits-scary-stories-black-plague/

Ranker. Graveyard Shift. Ghosts and Hauntings Connected to the Black Plague. Erin Wisti. 03-27-2020. .css-j9qmi7{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:2.8rem;width:100%;-webkit-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:start;justify-content:start;padding-left:5rem;}@media only screen and (max-width: 599px){.css-j9qmi7{padding-left:0;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;}}.css-j9qmi7 svg{fill:#27292D;}.css-j9qmi7 .eagfbvw0{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;color:#27292D;}