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The Black Death

The Black Death. Plague – Black Death.

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The Black Death

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  1. The Black Death

  2. Plague – Black Death The Black Death arrived in Europe by sea in October 1347 when 12 Genoese trading ships docked at the Sicilian port of Messina after a long journey through the Black Sea. The people who gathered on the docks to greet the ships were met with a horrifying surprise: Most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead, and those who were still alive were gravely ill. Historians think that the plague arrived in England during the summer of 1348. During the following autumn it spread quickly through the south west. Few villages escaped. Churchyards were full with bodies. At the end of 1350 more than 20 million people were dead in Europe- almost one-third of the continent’s population!

  3. What were the symptoms? Day 1 Egg-sized lumps (buboes) appeared under the arms and in the groin

  4. Day 2 The patient began to vomit

  5. Day 3 Patches appeared on the skin, caused by internal bleeding

  6. Day 4 The victim suffered uncontrollable muscular spasms.

  7. Day 5 If the patient was very lucky, the buboes would burst, releasing black pus. In this case, he/she MAY survive. Usually, though, the victim would die

  8. CURES • Medieval people did not know about germs causing disease. They did not understand that plague was spread by rats and fleas. They thought that people’s bodies were poisoned. • If the swellings burst and the poison came out people sometimes survived. It seemed sensible to draw out the poison.

  9. What cures did medieval people try? Carry sweet smelling herbs with you! Tie a shaved chicken or a dried frog to your buboes! Pray, and whip yourself to show God that you are sorry for your sin! Soften your buboes with butter, then cut them open!

  10. The evil planets of Mars and Saturn have moved closer together. This has turned the air bad. If we breathe in the bad air we will catch the plague. Why? The plague passes from person to person. Plague sores give off a terrible smell. If you breath this in you will catch the plague. God has sent the plague because he is angry with us. We have spent too much time gambling, fighting and drinking.

  11. What happened to those who lived? • Between one third and one half of the population died. Whole villages were abandoned. But in some ways, life improved! • Because there were fewer people... • There was more food to go around, so prices fell. • Landlords had to pay more to attract labourers to work for them. Many peasant were freer, and better off than ever before!

  12. The Survivors Some villages were abandoned as nearly everyone died in them.

  13. The Survivors For people who survived the plague every day life got better! The prices of food and other goods fell and people’s wages went up because there was a shortage of workers.

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