Reactions To Black Death Flashcards
1
Q
Priests urged people to…
A
Confess there sins
2
Q
People believed the plague was God
A
Punishing them
3
Q
People get rid of ___ blood
A
Bad
4
Q
The king order the bishops to arrange
A
Large processions
5
Q
The plague hit especially hard in the
A
Towns
6
Q
Did the plague spread rapidly?
A
Yes
7
Q
The plague traveled 500 miles in
A
500 days
8
Q
People blamed earthquakes in distant lands started the plague
A
True
9
Q
The plague struck again in
A
1361-62
10
Q
The rich moved to the countryside in hope to find
A
Clean air
11
Q
Bodies were buried in
A
Mass graves
12
Q
How many people died in two years?
A
3.5 million
13
Q
Flagellants…
A
Whipped people so that God would take away the plague
14
Q
King Edward III wrote to the Mayer ordering him to
A
Clean up the city
15
Q
Priests were scared to
A
Visit the sick
