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Black Plague
Black Plague
Black Plague
Location
Reached England through trade ships from China. Melcombe Regis- Where Plague started in England South-Region where Plague started First Symptom- feeling ill, like flu
The Symptoms
Bulbous
Septicemia Form:
almost 100% mortality rate.
Lancing a Buboe
Human is infected!
Causes
Bacteria from flea Fleas-move from rat to rat
Rat flea-carrier of plague
Black Death
Life expectancy was 1-5 days. 75% of people in England died Attacked the blood system-no cure Like a fireif a healthy person came near someone infected-they were sick.
Reactions
People went about the Plague in two ways
They danced, sang, and acted merry and did not worry about the Plague Some people locked themselves up in their houses, and did not dare go out into the public. Locked windows, doors. No one came in or out.
A Doctors Robe
Leeching
Flagellanti:
Jew hat
Fair make you sick, the merchant said, They crawled upon the wine and bread. Pale priests with oil and books, bulging eyes and crazy looks, dropping like the flies.
First they sneezed, the merchant said, And then they turned the brightest red, Begged for water, then fell back. With bulging eyes and face turned black, they waited for the flies.
What were the political, economic, and social effects of the Black Death??
Game
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/pen altyshootout/blackdeath.htm