One can only imagine the fear Europeans felt after learning of so many deaths across the country. Hearing about a disease headed your way, a scourge so serious that it would eventually cause the parish of a third of the European population. Originating in China in 1347 and arriving in Europe in 1348, the Black Death was one of the deadliest events in history. The researcher will explain how the disease spread in Europe, how the Church was affected, and what doctors believed to be the cause of the disease and their frugal attempts to cure it. The social and economic ramifications of the plague will also be discussed. Between 1333 and 1345, droughts followed by famine occurred in China, which caused many deaths. Not only were there crop-eating locusts, but a number of natural disasters were occurring. Humans and animals suffered together. There, rats, having nothing to eat, began to move to southern India and hid in materials destined for the Crimean market. People were dying there from a mysterious illness (Martin, S.). Muslim traders blamed Christian traders for the deaths. They attacked the trading post of Tama and the Christians retreated to their trading post of Kaffa. The Muslims were dying in large numbers and the commanders thought that the Christians must also suffer, so they began catapulting the corpses over the walls of Kaffa. The Christian traders carried the bodies as fast as they could and threw them into the sea. It became an arduous task and after a few days of endurance, they boarded their ships and left. Unbeknownst to them, they were carrying with them The Plague (Martin, S.).The Black D...... middle of paper ......ge in medieval plague stories. Flight. 24, (2) pp. 265-289. Journal of the History of Biology. Springer.http://www.jstor.org/stable/4331174.Lerner, R.E. (2008). Bullet points: some thorny issues regarding the Black Death. Journal of the Historical Society, 8(2), 205-228. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5923.2008.00244.x. Martin, S., (11/2001). Black Death. Pocket essentials. ISBN: 9781903047743. Pamuk, S. (2007). The Black Death and the origins of the “Great Divergence” across Europe, 1300-1600. European Review of Economic History, 11(3), 289-317. Retrieved February 19, 2011 from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 1417732121). Sanders, T., Nelson, S.H., Morillo, S., Ellenberger, N. (2006). Encounters in world history. (Ashford University, ed.). New York, New York: McGraw-Hill.