Part one of term paper
One of the earliest rhymes that many children are taught is “Ring Around the Rosies”. By most it is considered a happy cheerful song. But in reality the song is an enactment of the bubonic plague or as it is more commonly known the “Black Death”. The first line, “Ring around the Rosies”, refers to the rosy rash that is one of t ...

Part two of term paper
... the eventual death of anyone infected with the disease. Epidemics of the bubonic plague have been occurring since 430 BC, but the most widespread one was in fourteenth century Europe. is believed to have begun in China in the 1330’s plague. Through trade the disease reached Italy in 1347 and spread throughout the rest of Europe. The plague is spread fleas that infect rats. The rats tended to live in areas that are unclean. Unfortunately medieval society in general was unclean. It was e ...