The Black Death And Its Consequences

Question 1

Where did the Black Death come from before it arrived in England?

Answer 1

It came from Spain and Italy

Question 2

How many people did the Black Death kill?

Answer 2

Half of the population in England

Question 3

When and where did the Black Death arrive in England

Answer 3

The Black Death arrived in Dorset in 1348

Question 4

What were the two types of Black Death/Plague

Answer 4

Bubonic and pneumonic plague

Question 5

How was each Bubonic plague spread?

Answer 5

It was in the bloodstream of rats, then when the fleas bit them they would get infected and when they inevitably bit a human, the disease would be passed on. The fleas multiply in warm weather but decrease in cold weather, so bubonic plague did not spread very widely in the winter. About 70% of patients die, it takes between 4 and 7 days.

Question 6

What were the symptoms of the Black Death

Answer 6

Tumours, swellings and bleeding under skin, and fever, black spots, spasms and bursting swellings and coughing blood

Question 7

Why did the bubonic plague spread so quickly

Answer 7

Because there were great amounts of rats and fleas etc. This caused the bubonic plague

Question 8

How is the pneumonic plague spread

Answer 8

By breathing

Question 9

How is the bubonic plague spread

Answer 9

By rats and fleas etc.

Question 10

List the theories people at the time had about how it spread.

Answer 10

God brought it upon them
Bend close to people got you infected
Band odours

Question 11

How did people at the time try and treat the Black Death

Answer 11

They would bleed all of their blood out, put a hen next to your swellings, drink a glass of your urine once a day and stick to a diet of veggies fruits and bread only.

Question 12

How did the pneumonic plague spread?

Answer 12

The plague is caught through breathing . It attacks the lungs, patients cough blood and spray out germs every time they breathe out. It is not effected by climate and kills everyone infected writhing 2 days

Question 13

How did the Black Death change the medieval villages?

Answer 13

The population became smaller and filth from the streets were removed. Many Villages were deserted and people became free people and their lives improved.

Question 14

What happened to wages and rents?

Answer 14

Wages got higher as there were less people to pay them and rent was lower as they wanted people to live on their land.

Question 15

Peasants began to leave their villages to find a better ‘deal’ from a Lord. What system did this upset and why.

Answer 15

The feudal system where ordinary people had to perform various duties for the barons, nights and Lords, it was upset as they disobeyed them.

Question 16

Why did the government introduce the statute of Labourers in 1351?

Answer 16

People were asking for more pay for their jobs and refused to work so the statute required everyone, free or villein, to work for the same money they had before the plague and if they wouldn’t, and left without permission, they would be imprisoned

Question 17

Why was the Statute of Labourers unpopular with peasants?

Answer 17

They earned less money, they couldn’t choose who they worked for and they also wanted freedom and equality.

Question 18

The unpopularity of the statute was one reason why the peasants revolted in 1381. What were the other reasons?

Answer 18

They did not have the foods and riches they wanted and they wanted to be free. Hatred of particular people, money, desire for freedom and equality.

Question 19

Who led the peasants revolt?

Answer 19

Wat Tyler

Question 20

Was the peasants revolt successful?

Answer 20

No as the King won, however it did give new rights towards the peasants, so one could say that it was slightly successful.