The Bubonic Plague was spread from China to Italy in 1347 when a fleet of merchant ships returned home from a trip to the Black Sea. As they docked in Sicily many of the crewmembers had already died. The disease spread rapidly through the city and surrounding countryside.
By the following August the plague had spread north, reaching England. This is where the disease was dubbed "The Black Death" because a symptom was black spots on the skin.
Fleas were a main carrier of the plague, and since they were dormant in the winter, the spread of the disease seemed to cease during those months, only to begin again in the spring. After five years of this cycle roughly 25 million people died, and that was approximately one third of Europe's population.
The consequences of the Black Death were felt long after it's disappearance. The enormous number of deaths resulted in a severe labor shortage. The peasant workers began demanding more money for their labor since there was so......

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Title: Chritianity
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