Medieval Britian🇬🇧

Question 1

what did people in Medieval Britain think the black death was caused by?

Answer 1

Miasma , Four humours

Question 2

where did the idea of the four humours come from ?

Answer 2

an ancient roman idea that illness was cause by having too much blood, black bile, yellow bile or phlegm in the body

Question 3

when did the black death hit england?

Answer 3

1348

Question 4

where did the black death come from/ caused by?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

define public health

Answer 5

the health of the population as a whole

Question 6

how did monasteries improve public health?

Answer 6

could read about roman water systems, built conduits, ran hospitals

Question 7

who in the town helped improve public health?

Answer 7

mayor and alderman

Question 8

how did town authorities help improve public health?

Answer 8

try to reduce the mess from butchers, prevent lepan from entering towns, hired rakers and gongformers

Question 9

by laws

Answer 9

laws that only apply in a local area

Question 10

cesspit

Answer 10

a pit for collecting human waste

Question 11

conduit

Answer 11

a stone channel for transporting water

Question 12

drovers

Answer 12

someone who drives animals to the market

Question 13

famine

Answer 13

a period of hunger caused by a lack of food

Question 14

hierarchy

Answer 14

a social system where people are ranked from top to bottom

Question 15

humors

Answer 15

the four substances that made up the body, according to greeks

Question 16

latrine

Answer 16

a medieval toilet

Question 17

miasma

Answer 17

foul-smelling air

Question 18

midden

Answer 18

a pit for collecting waste

Question 19

monastery

Answer 19

a religious building run by monks

Question 20

parish

Answer 20

a small area with its own church

Question 21

pottage

Answer 21

a vegetable stew

Question 22

pathogen

Answer 22

bactria/virus causing disease

Question 23

peastants

Answer 23

a farm labourer the low social status

Question 24

small beer

Answer 24

a weak beer

Question 25

what percentage of the popualtion was killed?

Answer 25

50%

Question 26

why was the black death deadly?

Answer 26

no one knew what caused it and treatments and preventions were ineffective

Question 27

flagellants

Answer 27

people who whipped themselves in the streets to prove to god that they were sorry for their sins

Question 28

what did doctors believe would cure black death?

Answer 28

blood letting

Question 29

what did king edward lll do?

Answer 29

ordered the mayor of london to clean the city streets, the government did very little

Question 30

why did people place posies?

Answer 30

to purify the air and get rid of miasma

Question 31

what was the country side like?

Answer 31

90% lived in the countryside where life was difficult but quite healthy

Question 32

where did peasants live?

Answer 32

small homes made from wattle and daub

Question 33

open fires or chimneys? in homes

Answer 33

open fires

Question 34

where did animals go at night? peastants

Answer 34

sheltered inside the homes at night

Question 35

how was a peasents diet healthy?

Answer 35

lots of fruit, veg, pottage, milk, cheese and fish

Question 36

what happened to the harvest in 1315?

Answer 36

a bad harvest led to the great famine killing 10%

Question 37

what did small beer help with?

Answer 37

it killed bacteria and germs in water

Question 38

what contaminated the water?

Answer 38

in middens or cesspits