The black death
Its 1346 and an earthquake in central Asia has released the plague bacillus.
The first plague died out in 1350 then returned between 1361 and 1364, and five more times before 1405. These plagues mainly killed children, who had no resistance to the disease.
The Scots – thinking that God was punishing the English – invaded the north of England, where their army caught the plague. In 1350 the plague spread through Scotland.
what did people believe caused the black death?
During 1349, the plague spread into Wales, Ireland and the north of England.
There had been so many deaths in london that mass graves had to be made in the ground. In some trenches, bodies had to be piled up on top of each other, up to five bodies deep. Children's bodies were placed in small spaces between adults.
The Black death struck london in the autumn of 1348, and No one knew how to stop it. During the next 18 months it infected and killed half of all londoners - around 40,000 people.
In June 1348 the Black Death arrived at Melcombe Regis (in Dorset). By the end of the year it had spread throughout the south of England.
A punishment from god: as people did understand the biology disease so they believed it was a punishment for their sins.
Up until recently the Black Death was thought to have been caused by fleas carried by rats that were very common in towns and cities. When the fleas bit into their victim, it was thought they were literally injecting them with the disease.
now the human is infected, what are the symptoms?
The Black Death travelled 30 to 100 times faster over land than the bubonic plagues of the 20th century
The term "Black Death" is recent. During the plague, it was called "the Great Mortality" or "the Pestilence."
surprising facts
As a result of forced confessions about spreading the Black Plague, the entire Jewish population of Strassburg, Germany, was given the choice to convert to Christianity or be burned on rows of stakes on a platform in the city’s burial ground. About 2,000 were killed.
Prior to the Black Death, music was plentiful and cheerful. During the plague, music was rare and grim. Other art forms, including visual arts and literature, also reflect the misery of the time.
Aromatherapy: the treatment of the body using different smells. Back during the Black Death, people were instructed to carry sweet smelling flowers with them wherever they went. If they couldnt get flowers, they were told to carry around packets of herbs.
quiz!
emeralds: The precious stones would be ground down to a fine powder in a mortal and pestle, then either mixed with a liquid and drunk like a potion, mixed with food or in bread and eaten, or swallowed on its own as a powder.
Religion: some people believed that the dreaded disease was a punishment from God, and others thought that God was testing them. Devout Catholics whipped themselves while crying out for God’s mercy.
WHAT were SOME common CURES/ preventions FOR THE BLACK DEATH?
q1. Where did the black death originate?
answer: china
urine: Victims of the Black Death would often be bathed in urine several times a day to relieve the symptoms of the plague.
sewers: When people figured out that the Black Death was airborne, they began to visit—or even live—in foul-smelling sewers. It was thought that the sharp stench of rotting human waste would discourage the cleaner (but disease-ridden) air from coming near and infecting them.
MAIN SYMPTOMS
q2 when did the black death first reach England?
q5 name the treatment of the body using different smells.
answer: 1349
what was london like in the medieval times?
answer: Aromatherapy
o3 what did the scots do that meant their army caught the plague?
In medieval London, there were no pavements - people had to walk on the bare earth. Except, unfortunately, it wasn't bare earth - the ground was covered with the excrement of both people and animals, as well as animal entrails and rotting food.
q7 what did Devout Catholics do to try and cure themselves?
Pigs owned by the Hospitallers of St Antony, a charitable order, were allowed to roam the streets of medieval London freely.
answer: invade england
answer: whip themselves
q5 name three symptoms of the plague
causes of terrible smells in medieval London were the tanneries, where leather would be boiled. People rarely washed or changed their clothes.
answer: any from these options
q4 what are the four steps to a human getting infected?
ANSWER:
So, now we know where it originated from and how it spread, how is a human infected?
THE FOUR STEPS TO INFECTION:
miasma: many people believed the disease was because of bad smells
The plague reached Sicily, it has been carried from the east by Trading ships!
The first sign of the Plague was lumps under and around the groin, these were called Bubos.
Most people died within three-five days. The plague became known as the black death.
The plague seems to have started in China in the early 1330s.
However, it was found that fleas could not actually have been responsible for an infection that spread so fast - it had to be airborne. Once the diseases reached the lungs of the malnourished, it was then spread to the wider population through sneezes and coughs.
unbalanced four humours: Some believed that the disease was caused by the four humours ( blood, phlegm, black and yellow bile) being unbalanced
Its 1348 and The Black Death is about to break out in England. But lets find out where it originated from...
In towns and cities across England, people lived very close together and had no knowledge of contagious diseases. If they did, they would have no contact with others - at least had to keep one metre apart - if they themselves were ill or if others around them were.
The disposal of dead bodies was very dangerous. they helped to spread diseases even further as those who took care of the dead bodies did not protect themselves from being infected in any way.