The black death 1348-9 Flashcards
1
Q
What year was the black death?
A
1348-49
2
Q
When did it reach Britain?
A
In 1348 killing one third of the population
3
Q
What was it?
A
Most people today think it was bubonic plague carried by fleas on rats.
4
Q
How did people think it was caused?
A
- Religion: God sent it as a punishment of sins
- Astrology: The positions of planets was unusual
- Miasma: Bad air or smells
- Four humours: Caused by imbalance
- Outsiders: strangers or witches
5
Q
How did people try and prevent it?
A
- Praying and fasting
- Clearing up the streets
- Lighting fires
- Carrying herbs and spices
- Not letting unknow people enter the town
6
Q
What were the symptoms?
A
- Swelling of glands into large lumps filled with the p word (ew gross)
- Fever and chills
- Headaches
- Vomiting and diarrhoea
7
Q
What were some treatments?
A
- Praying and holding charms
- Cutting open buboes to drain the p word (cant even type it ew)
- holding bread against buboes and burring it (weirdos)
- eating old thigs and taking cold baths
