bubonic plague A disease prevalent in the middle ages, buth still occurring in third world ountries, transmitted by fleas from rats
The combination of bubonic and pneumonic plagues that entered Europe along Eastern trade routes, sweeping across Europe between 1347-1350 Spread by rats carrying infected fleas, the Plague eliminated between one-fourth and one-third of the population in its first wave Subsequent outbreaks, which continued into the seventeenth century were far less severe The Black Death had profound effects on all aspects of medieval life and deeply affected the psychological outlook of Europeans
the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
also known as just the "plague"; Bubonic and Pneumonic Plagues that ravaged Europe starting in the mid-14th Century and continuing with lesser outbreaks through the 19th Century; the Bubonic Plague was named for the "bubos" or red colored rings that appeared on the victim and it was not as fatal as the Pneumonic Plague which, as the name indicates, involved pneumonia symptons
A phrase used in the Middle Ages to describe bubonic plague (The 'blackness' was caused by bleeding under the skin Over 50 per cent of all cases were fatal)