Plague DBQ
During the mid-fourteenth century, Europe had experienced a series of devastating and destructive events including the Bubonic Plague. ... The bacterial infection, which started the bubonic plague, mainly started because of rats carrying infected fleas. ... Many people believed that the plague was directed mostly towards the poor since the rich had fled from the contaminated countries (Doc 3). Because of the many deaths caused by the plague, hospitals suffered overcrowding (Doc 11). ... The plague produced a lot of failure among the medical community, trying to fight the plague (Doc 10). People relied on their religions hoping possibly they would receive some help from the plague (Doc 15), and at some times the churches did help people in any possible way (Doc 9).