The Black Death By Louis Sanctus Essay - 1770 Words

The Black Death was a historical epidemic of what is known as bubonic plague. It violently spread across Europe during the years of 1346-53. The Black Death claimed an outrageous number of lives, all caused by a bacterium now named Yersinia pestis. This plague not only stole it s victims lives, but their beliefs as well. In the crisis of such an epidemic people began to lose their faith in God. Turning from the one they used to devote their lives to. If turning from God was not enough the different responses between religions was a catastrophe. The ignorance between the Christians and Muslims of each others beliefs was ultimately a big part of the rapid spread of the Black Death. The original origins of the Black Death has been highly disputed. Many claimed that it started somewhere in the general East. Louis Sanctus was a musician for Giovanni Colonna, a cardinal of Pope Clement VI, who ultimately succumbed to the plague. Sanctus accounts his experience with the plague in a letter sent to his friend in Bruges, with hopes of foreshadowing coming events. Claiming that Greater India in Eastern parts was experiencing unexplainable and horrific events. On the first day it rained frogs, serpens, lizards, scorpions, and many venomous beasts of that sorts. On the second day thunder was heard, and lightning flashes mixed with hailstones of marvelous size fell upon the land, which killed almost all men, from the greatest to the least. On the third day there fell fire together