The Black Death and The Great Plague Flashcards
The Black Death was also known as…
the ‘Great Pestilence’
The Black Death spread from…
Asia
The Black Death spread from Asia and then through…
Europe
How did the Black Death spread in to Britain?
Because of trade
Where were the first cases of the plague in England identified?
Along the south coast
Why were the first cases of the plague in England identified along the south coast?
Because of the arrival of sailors
Between ___ and ___ of England’s population were killed in the Black Death
1/3 and 1/2
True/False: As a result of the Black Death, in some places entire villages were wiped out
True
The Plague reoccurred repeatedly with more/less deaths in later centuries (after the Black Death)
less
The next large-scale outbreak of the plague after the Black Death was…
The Great Plague
When was the Black Death?
1348-49
When was the Great Plague?
1665
What was the Black Death?
Bubonic plague
The bubonic plague causes swellings in the…
armpit and groin
The bubonic plague causes sores…
all over the body
The bubonic plague causes high…
fever
The bubonic plague causes what to the head?
headaches
The bubonic plague was spread by…
flies and rats
During the Black Death people showed what type of symptoms?
Pneumonic
How did the Black Death show pneumonic symptoms?
It attacked the lungs and they filled with blood
How were the pneumonic symptoms of the Black Death spread?
By coughing and breathing germs
True/False: People thought that good smells caused the Black Death
False, people thought that bad smells or poisons in the air caused it
True/False: People thought that the Four Humours being out of balance caused the Black Death
True
True/False: People thought that the movement of stars and planets was of no relevance to the cause of the Black Death
False, people thought the movement of stars and planets caused the Black Death
People thought that the Black Death was God’s…
punishment for sins
People thought that people of what religion caused the Black Death?
Jews
People tried to prevent the spread of the Black Death by purging and…
bleeding
People tried to prevent the spread of the Black Death by what type of prayers?
Public prayers
True/False: People tried to prevent the spread of the Black Death by candle lighting
True
True/False: People thought that trying to prevent the spread of The Black Death by going on pilgrimages was a silly idea
False, people did this to try and prevent its spread
True/False: Church bells were rung to try to prevent the spread of the Black Death
True
True/False: People avoided baths to try to prevent the spread of the Black Death
True
People used ____ and boiling vinegar to try to prevent the spread of the Black Death
fire
Why did people use fire and boiling vinegar to try to prevent the spread of the Black Death?
To purify the air
What would flagellants do?
Whip themselves and each other
Why did flagellants whip themselves and each other?
To atone for sins and show they were sorry
To try and prevent the spread of the Black Death, when did people eat ‘hot’ food?
In cold months
Give examples of ‘hot’ food that people would eat in cold months and avoid in hot months to try and prevent the spread of the Black Death
Peppers, garlic
Why would people eat ‘hot’ food if they were cold to try and prevent the spread of the Black Death?
Galen’s ‘Opposites’
To try and prevent the spread of the Black Death, when did people avoid ‘hot’ food?
In hot months
Why would people avoid ‘hot’ food if they had a fever to try and prevent the spread of the Black Death?
To prevent excess heat
To try and prevent the spread of the Black death, people avoided those who were ___
ill
To try and prevent the spread of the Black death, what laws were put in place?
Quarantine laws
What were the quarantine laws set up in attempt to prevent the spread of the Black Death?
New people to an area had to stay indoors for 40 days
Why did new people to an area have to stay indoors for 40 days during the time of the Black Death?
In case they brought the plague with them
People treated the Black Death by making patients s____
sweat
How did people make patients sweat to try and treat the Black Death?
By wrapping them in woollen clothes and putting half a freshly killed pigeon on the sores
People treated the Black Death by putting which 3 things on the sores?
Egg yolk, honey and herbs. They also put half a freshly killed pigeon on to make the patient sweat
As a treatment for the Black Death, people prayed and confessed…
sins
Why did people use the tail feathers of a chicken to treat the Black Death?
To draw out the poison/pus from the buboes
When was the Great Plague?
1665
What was the Great Plague?
Bubonic plague
True/False: People thought that good smells caused the Great Plague
False, people thought that bad smells or poisons in the air caused it
True/False: People thought that the Four Humours being out of balance caused the Great Plague
True
True/False: People thought that the movement of stars and planets was of no relevance to the cause of the Great Plague
False, people thought the movement of stars and planets caused the Great Plague
People thought that the Great Plague was God’s…
punishment for sins
People thought that people of what religion caused the Great Plague?
Jews
What was the main belief about the cause of the Great Plague?
Miasma
People thought that the Great Plague was caused by comets in the sky and…
the unusual position between Mars and Saturn
People thought that the Great Plague was spread by breath and…
sweat
People thought that the Great Plague was caused by invisible creatures…
entering the body or skin and laying eggs or poisons
People tried to prevent the spread of the Great Plague by purging and…
bleeding
People tried to prevent the spread of the Great Plague by what type of prayers?
Public prayers
True/False: People tried to prevent the spread of the Great Plague by candle lighting
True
True/False: People thought that trying to prevent the spread of The Great Plague by going on pilgrimages was a silly idea
False, people did this to try and prevent its spread
True/False: Church bells were rung to try to prevent the spread of the Great Plague
True
True/False: People avoided baths to try to prevent the spread of the Great Plague
True
People used ____ and boiling vinegar to try to prevent the spread of the Great Plague
fire
Why did people use fire and boiling vinegar to try to prevent the spread of the Great Plague?
To purify the air
What would flagellants do?
Whip themselves and each other
Why did flagellants whip themselves and each other?
To atone for sins and show they were sorry
To try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague, when did people eat ‘hot’ food?
In cold months
Give examples of ‘hot’ food that people would eat in cold months and avoid in hot months to try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague
Peppers, garlic
Why would people eat ‘hot’ food if they were cold to try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague?
Galen’s ‘Opposites’
To try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague, when did people avoid ‘hot’ food?
In hot months
Why would people avoid ‘hot’ food if they had a fever to try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague?
To prevent excess heat
To try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague, people avoided those who were ___
ill
To try and prevent the spread of the Great Plague, what laws were put in place?
Quarantine laws
What were the quarantine laws set up in attempt to prevent the spread of the Great Plague?
New people to an area had to stay indoors for 40 days
Why did new people to an area have to stay indoors for 40 days during the time of the Great Plague?
In case they brought the plague with them
During the Great Plague, to prevent miasma, what did people smoke?
Tobacco
During the Great Plague, why did people smoke tobacco?
To fill the lungs with ‘good air’
To prevent miasma during the Great Plague, people used smoke/perfume to…
‘air’ bedding
To prevent miasma during the Great Plague, what did people carry with them?
Pomanders
During the Great Plague, the Lord Mayor of London ordered the killing of…
stray animals
During the Great Plague, the Lord Mayor of London ordered sweeping of…
the streets
During the Great Plague, why did the Lord Mayor of London order the banning of plays?
To prevent crowds of people
During the Great Plague, the Lord Mayor of London ordered q_________
quarantine
During the Great Plague, when the Lord Mayor of London ordered quarantine, what did watchmen do?
Guarded houses of plague victims
During the quarantine at the time of the Great Plague, how did you know if a house contained plague victims?
Doors were marked with a red cross and ‘Lord have mercy upon us’ was written on the door
What words were written on the door of plague victims during the Great Plague?
‘Lord have mercy upon us’
During the quarantine at the time of the Great Plague, what did women searchers do?
Check bodies of people who died for plague symptoms
Where were victims of the Great Plague buried?
Deep in the ground
At the time of the Great Plague, why would people take the meat off the butchers’ hooks?
To stop the butcher touching it
At the time of the Great Plague, butchers wouldn’t touch money but…
have it placed in a pot of vinegar
Governments were much more/less effective in trying to prevent the spread of the plague than they had been with the Black Death
more
People treated the Great Plague by making patients s____
sweat
How did people make patients sweat to try and treat the Great Plague?
By wrapping them in woollen clothes and putting half a freshly killed pigeon on the sores
People treated the Great Plague by putting which 3 things on the sores?
Egg yolk, honey and herbs. They also put half a freshly killed pigeon on to make the patient sweat
As a treatment for the Great Plague, people prayed and confessed…
sins
Why did people use the tail feathers of a chicken to treat the Great Plague?
To draw out the poison/pus from the buboes
To treat the Great Plague, what did ‘Quack’ doctors sell?
‘Remedies’
What was the ‘remedy’ Theriac that ‘Quack’ doctors sold a mixture of?
wine, herbs, spices and honey
What was another name for the ‘remedy’ Theriac which ‘Quacl’ doctors sold?
London Treacle
Plague Doctors wore a _______ hat
leather
Plague Doctors had a _____ eye
glass
Plague Doctors wore masks which gathered at the ____
neck
Plague Doctors wore a full length gown covered with what over leather breeches?
Wax worm
Plague Doctors wore _______ gloves
leather
Plague Doctors wore full length _______ boots
leather
Why did Plague Doctors have a wooden stick?
To keep people away
Plague Doctors had a beak stuffed with what?
Herbs and spices
It was thought that the brid shape of Plague Doctors would…
attract the disease away from the patient
The Black Death and Great Plague were the same/different diseases
the same
The plague was often called the __________ at the time
‘pestilence’
Ideas to prevent the plague were based on what?
What people believed to the causes of hte plague
Beliefs, prevention and treatments were very similar/different as there had been no/lots of advances in the understanding of the real causes of illness between the 1300s and 1600s
similar, no
What was the main difference between the Black Death and the Great Plague?
Increased invovlement of the government, especially in London, during hte Great Plague to try to prevent the spread of the plague
Religion was one of the main beliefs during the Black Death but ______ was the main belief during the Great Plague
miasma
