plauge/ Black Death

Question 1

when did it arrive in England?

Answer 1

1348

Question 2

Miasma

Answer 2

bad smells and bad air

Question 3

4 humours

Answer 3

an Ancient Roman idea where illness was caused by having too much blood, black bile, yellow bile or phlegm in the body

Question 4

3 different forms of black death

Answer 4

Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic

Question 5

how many people did Bubonic plague kill?

Answer 5

killed 1/3 of the European population,

Question 6

what caused bubonic plague?

Answer 6

flea bites

Question 7

symptoms of bubonic plague

Answer 7

High fever, Aching limbs, Boils, Sickness lasted 3 days. weakest form

Question 8

pneumonic plague

Answer 8

Caused by breathing in cough droplets from someone who is infected, cough up blood, effects respiratory system, death in 2 days

Question 9

Septicemic plague

Answer 9

Caused when the infection reaches the bloodstream. Internal bleeding. Fingers, toes and nose turn black and begin to rot away

Question 10

why did it spread?

Answer 10

tightly packed together, didn’t know causes, treatments and how to stop it. Kings and Governments didn’t think they had responsibility for health.

Question 11

what did people use for inflammation of the skin?

Answer 11

Camomile lotion which was made from plants like daisies. It is a common ingredient in modern medicines too

Question 12

what did people tie to the buboes?

Answer 12

live toads or chickens in an attempt to warm and soften the painful swellings

Question 13

why did people let blood flow from an opened vein?

Answer 13

it was a common medieval treatment that aimed to restore the balance of the four humours.

Question 14

How many times higher were the wills made in London in 1348 than in 1347?

Answer 14

15

Question 15

What were religious beliefs towards the black death?

Answer 15

People believed they were being punished by God as he allowed the plague to spread so people prayed to try and fix it

Question 16

What did Flagellants do?

Answer 16

they would whip themselves so God would take away the plague

Question 17

theories of causes for the plague

Answer 17

supernatural movement of planets, miasma, looking people on the eyes, unbalanced humours caused by poor diets

Question 18

treatments of black death

Answer 18

carrying flowers and rosemary to purify the air, no hot baths or exercise

Question 19

how far did the Black Death travel in 500 days?

Answer 19

500 miles

Question 20

When did the plague reach the far north?

Answer 20

December 1349

Question 21

How much of England’s population did the Black Death kill?

Answer 21

60%, 3.5 million in 2 years

Question 22

how were people buried

Answer 22

mass graves

Question 23

What were the impacts of The Black Death in towns?

Answer 23

Lodgers and children forced on the streets, bodies and waste left on street, the King wrote to the Mayor of London

Question 24

What date did King Edward ||| write to the Mayor?

Answer 24

April 1349

Question 25

When did the plague die down?

Answer 25

1350

Question 26

how many outbreaks were there between 1362 and 1500?

Answer 26

20

Question 27

when was the plague mainly in towns?

Answer 27

1400

Question 28

how did councils take responsibility after 1400?

Answer 28

they took more care to keep towns clean and to deal with anything that might create deadly miasma or upset the balance of 4 humours