black death

Question 1

what was the black death caused by?

Answer 1

yersinia pestis pathogen that was passed on by the bite of a flea that lived on black rats

Question 2

what did people think the black death was caused by?

Answer 2

God punishing them for their sins

Question 3

what was another theory for the black death?

Answer 3

bad smelling air (miasma)

Question 4

what was one more theory for the black death?

Answer 4

the movements of planets

Question 5

what were some of the ineffective attempts to stop the black death?

Answer 5

priests urged people to pray for their forgiveness so that god would take the disease away, flagellants whipped themselves in the streets to prove to god they were sorry for their sins

Question 6

what were 2 other ineffective attempts to stop the black death?

Answer 6

doctors believed that balancing the 4 humours by bloodletting would cure people with the black death, people placed posies of sweet smelling flowers in the houses to purify the air and get rid of miasma