History 2812E Lecture : The Black Death in Europe and the Middle East, 1347-1350
7 Dec 2012
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History 2812e: the black death in europe and the middle east: the plague as pandemic. In the first days of october 1347, twelve genoese galleys fleeing before the wrath of our lord over their wicked deeds, entered the port of messina. The sailors brought in their bones a disease so violent that whoever spoke a word to them was infected and could in no way save himself from death . Those to whom the disease was transmitted by infection of the breath was stricken with pains all over the body and felt a terrible lassitude. There then appeared, on the thigh or an arm, a pustule like a lentil. From this the infection penetrated the body and violent bloody vomiting began. It lasted for a period of three days and there was no way of preventing its ending in death. This quote is representative of most things written about the plague.
