The Black Death 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEAQA Created by: lx1234Created on: 14-04-18 13:10 Origins Began in Asia and travelled rapidly along the trade routes to Western Europe. Reached Constantinople (Turkey) in 1347 and arrived in England in 1348. 1 of 8 Types of Plague Bubonic Plague = Spread by rats and fleas. Pneumonic Plague = Attacked the lungs and was spread by contact with a victims breath through coughing or blood. Symptoms included bubbles, lumps, fever and vomiting. Death usually followed a few days after the symptoms were displayed. 2 of 8 Believed Causes of The Plague. Position of stars and planets. Bar Air (Miasma) Wells poisoned by Jews Punishment from God 3 of 8 Real Causes of The Plague Bacteria Yersina Pestis which grew in fleas' stomachs. Fleas fed on rats blood, disease killed rats, fleas moved onto humans. Fleas passed the disease on to humans Food shortages meant the poor were malnourished and more vulnerable to infection. 4 of 8 Why did the disease spread so quickly? Street cleaning was poor Dirty streets encouraged rats to breed Unhygienic habits. Animals dug up quickly buried victims bodies. Laws about cleanliness difficult to enforce. Quarantine was not effective on infected. Ignorance of germs and disease was widespread. 5 of 8 Remedies. Prayer Unusual remedies (drinking mercury, shaving a chicken and strapping it to buboes.) Moving away if they thought the plague was coming Avoiding contact with people who might be infected, some local councils tried to quarantine infected places. 6 of 8 Impact on Society. Social - Villages were wiped out. Political - Demands for higher wages contributed to peasants revolt and the weakening of the feudal system Religious - Damage to catholic church because experienced priests died, others ran away. Economic - Food shortages, price of food went up, landowners switched to sheep farming, farmers demanded higher wages. 7 of 8 The End of The Plague? 1350, Black Death subsided, never actually went away in England. Further outbreaks of The Plague occurred at intervals. Each outbreak was a different degree of deadliness Late 14th Century to 18th Century. Great Plague of 1665. 8 of 8
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