Medieval Britain

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what are the factors
beliefs government tech urbanisation wealth poverty
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How many people died in England by the end of 1350?
2.5million
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What percenge lived in the countryside?
90%
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when was the great famine?
1315 1316
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how many people died from the great famine?
10%
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what disease came from eating rye?
ergotism
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why didnt the rich get sick from ergo?
didnt eat it
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when was this discovered? ergo poor not rich
1670
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what was the ergo refered to by the people?
st antony's fire
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what were houses made of?
sticks mud timber
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what did they have in gardens for waste?
cesspit
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what would they use carts for?
rubbish middens food
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why didnt the drains work that has been left by the romans?
broke by iron wheels from heavy carts
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who was imployed in 1293by london and everyone else by 1500?
rakers
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what is black death also known as?
plage
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how did the plage get introduced into britain?
trade in 14th century
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