The Black Death Quotes

“Third Pandemic”
― Henry Freeman, The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End

“Population devastation of such a considerable level led to massive economic decline, an increase in criminal activity, and a general lack of consideration for the value of human life.”
― Henry Freeman, The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End

“The Decameron”
― Henry Freeman, The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End

“The third, least common, and arguably the deadliest type of plague is septicemic plague, which is an infection of the blood.”
― Henry Freeman, The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End

“The second type is pneumonic plague, and as the name suggests this affects the respiratory system. Its mortality rate is higher than bubonic plague at upwards of 90%.”
― Henry Freeman, The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End

“Based on contemporary accounts of the Black Death and modern examination of mass Plague graves, most researchers agree that there are three types of plague, all of which were active and deadly during the Black Death. The first and perhaps most commonly known type of plague is bubonic plague, so named because of the distinctive buboes (or gavocciolo) that arose on suffers.”
― Henry Freeman, The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End

“Historians and researchers postulate that the Black Death originated in Central Asia, specifically in Mongolia and western China.”
― Henry Freeman, The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End

“Plague by definition is a bacterial infection in either the lymph system, the respiratory system, or the cardiovascular system depending on the type of plague contracted.”
― Henry Freeman, The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End