Black Death
Bubonic plague epidemic
The Black Death was the devastating pandemic of bubonic plague that swept through Europe and Asia in the mid-14th century, killing an estimated one-third to one-half of Europe's population.
The name refers to the dark swellings (buboes) that appeared on victims' bodies.
The term now applies broadly to any major outbreak of bubonic plague: The Black Death reshaped medieval society.
Of groin-node swellings
- Yersinia pestisBacterium causing plague
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- fleasBiting insect parasites
- ratsLong-tailed urban pests
bubo · lymph nodes · pneumonic · septicemic · mass graves · plague pits · plague doctor · flagellants
Years 1301-1400
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- peasantryRural working class
- depopulationLoss of inhabitants
labor shortage · Peasants' Revolt · social upheaval · Decameron · Silk Road · Venice · Florence · scapegoating
Dead human bodies
- burial pitsExcavations for corpse disposal
- charnel houseVault for skeletal remains
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
- cadaverBody for dissection
carrion · gravedigger · depopulation · extinction · perish · decimation · mortality rate · memento mori
Widespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- transmissionSending of information
- spreadTo distribute widely
waves · recurrence · endemic · Spanish Flu · COVID-19 · cholera · smallpox · global impact
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
doom · despair · hopelessness · suffering · agony · divine punishment · wrath of God · end times
bubonic
Of groin-node swellings
- Yersinia pestisBacterium causing plague
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- fleasBiting insect parasites
rats · bubo · lymph nodes · pneumonic · septicemic · mass graves · plague pits · plague doctor · flagellants · bring out your dead
14th century
Years 1301-1400
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- peasantryRural working class
depopulation · labor shortage · Peasants' Revolt · social upheaval · Decameron · Silk Road · Venice · Florence · scapegoating · monastery
corpses
Dead human bodies
- burial pitsExcavations for corpse disposal
- charnel houseVault for skeletal remains
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
cadaver · carrion · gravedigger · depopulation · extinction · perish · decimation · mortality rate · memento mori
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- transmissionSending of information
spread · waves · recurrence · endemic · Spanish Flu · COVID-19 · cholera · smallpox · global impact · trade routes
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
foreboding · doom · despair · hopelessness · suffering · agony · divine punishment · wrath of God · end times · abandonment
- Black Deathbubonic plague, plague doctors, buboes, Yersinia pestis, fleas
- Late Medievalfeudal lords, knighthood, medieval knights, bubonic plague, plague doctors
- plague historybubonic plague, pneumonic plague, Yersinia pestis, plague doctor, plague mask
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- diseasescancer, diabetes, tuberculosis, influenza, measles
Black Deathsmallpox eradication
Complete global destruction of variola
polio vaccine · germ theory · vaccination · medical breakthrough
Black Deathbaby boom
Period of high births
population explosion · Green Revolution · agricultural revolution · population growth
black, death, blacken, Black Friday, blackness, blacks, blackest, blackish, blackened