Course Description:
Fleas were rapid during the Medieval times. These bugs were the source of many diseases and the diseases capacity to spread at large distances. Fleas are literally blood suckers. The diseases that are spread are done by the insect immediately excreting where they bite and the person scratching the feces into bite that was made. We will be going over many other things relative to fleas. Reports state the majority of the populace has Lice and also Bed Bugs. They were so common during the times, there are poems written about them. Bed Bugs were not a thing in the generations of the 1980’s & 1990’s but the statement “Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite” was a popular phase during those times. Bed bugs became real for our modern times during the 2000’s out of know where. It is a possibility that the American Medical Association released these bugs onto society.
Rats were blamed for the bubonic plague. There will be a description given of the Brown, Black and Gray rats. Rats would plague farms and destroy crops. Rats travelled all over Europe, usually by ship. There are reports of ships arriving at the docks with only rats inhabiting them and not a human soul to be found. Rats were deeply downloaded into the Psyche of Europeans. This is seen today with children stories, cartoons and even amusement corals. Examples are: Stuart Little, Mickey Mouse and even Chuck-e-Cheese. There has been a close relationship that Europeans and rats have developed over centuries of time. This allowed many things to be discovered relative to the mass hysteria that rats operate with. These things will be discussed.
To properly introduce 400 years of plague experiences, a review of poisons must be conducted. This time there will be a close inspection on production of different forms of poisons and the ingredients used. Also, who gave the list of instructions and ingredients on how these poisons should be constructed and utilized. These details come directly from the court transcripts of many different countries, that all bare a similarity. Modern day scholars tell us that the grandson of Genghis Khan was the origins of the plague. This is not what the chroniclers of the times state. There were many witches and religious battles that were going on that took relentless routes to achieve their goals. There are also statements about housebreakers and highwaymen that used poisons to wipe out whole towns to gain the property of the inhabitants. All of these things will be reviewed.
A small introduction on the plagues will be given. It was a mysterious spectre that struck at will. Beginning with The Black Plague of 1347, millions of people lost their lives. It has been estimated that anywhere from 25 – 150 million people died with the span of 3 years. This occurred throughout the entirety of Europe, North Africa, The Turkish lands and the Silk Road leading into the Orient. Many of these experiences created our modern day social practices and law. It was labeled as the Great Mort or The Dearth. The development of the caricature that we know of as death was designed from these experiences during this time. As Ive stated, this will only be an introduction on the subject. There is far more to investigate in the next lesson.