The Black Death

Question 1

When did the Black Death spread through Britain?

Answer 1

1348-1349

Question 2

When did the Black Death spread through Britain?

Answer 2

1348-1349

Question 3

What were the main symptoms of the Black Death?

Answer 3

Buboes, fever, aching, delirium, vomiting blood and eventually death.

Question 4

What was the Black Death blamed on?

Answer 4

Astrology, god, miasma, theory of the four humours, earthquakes etc

Question 5

What treatments/cures were attempted?

Answer 5

Praying, carrying posies to purify the air, bloodletting or purging (four humours), fasting, confessions, herbal remedies

Question 6

What precautions did authorities put in place?

Answer 6

Any new people to the area stayed quarantined for 40 days & houses in areas of outbreak were quarantined, strangers not allowed to enter village, stopped cleaning streets (smells would drive away plague), large crowds banned, huge burial sites (very fast).

Question 7

Why were the authorities’ precautions difficult to put in place?

Answer 7

The church had a lot of power and many people chose to follow their advice which includes praying, fasting etc.