Medieval Flashcards
Name the three types of plague in the order of mortality rate (less-most deadly)
Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicaemic
What part of the body did the pneumonic plague affect?
Lungs
Where did buboes tend to develop?
Groin and armpits
People believed bad smells spread the plague. What did they do to deal with this?
Use of good smells-herbs, flowers, etc. Example of plague doctor’s mask containing such things.
What was probably the greatest reason why the Black Death spread so well?
Poor hygiene
Why did the flagellants hurt themselves?
They believed that the plague was God’s punishment for sins: if they harmed themselves, they were showing they were repenting, and so perhaps God would not give them the plague.
In what year did the Black Death arrive in Europe?
1347
Aside from poor hygiene, what two other factors helped the plague kill so many people?
Poor Harvests in recent years had weakened populations.
Medical knowledge was poor, so they simply did not understand causes or be able to create effective cures.
Some people believed than an alignment of the P____ caused the plague.
Planets
Sadly, some people blamed one particular group of people for having caused the plague and took their anger out on them. Which group?
Jews
Some believed that Bad Air caused the plague. What word was used to describe this?
Miasma
