The Black Death Flashcards
What two plagues made up the Black Death?
Bubonic and Pneumonic
What year was the Black Death?
1348
Statistic for Black Death deaths?
1/3 of British population.
Main reasons for Black Death?
Religion, punishment from god for sin.
What was the Bubonic plague spread by?
Bites of fleas from rats carried on …
What were the Black Death spread from?
Ships
What was the pneumonic plague spread by?
Spread by coughs and sneezes.
What did the bubonic plague cause?
Headaches, high temperatures, pus filled swellings on skin.
What was the second reason for the black death?
Miasma - bad air.
What did some people do to stop the Black Death?
Flagellants - traveled around Europe whipping themselves in penance for their sins.
What did Edward III tell the London mayor to do to stop the Black Death?
Remove filth from the streets that caused bad smells - BLACK DEATH.
What did some people do because of Astrology?
Carried Diamonds and Rubies, which they believed could protect them from the black death.
ANOTHER supposed cause for the Black Death?
Witches - which led to lots of women being tried and executed.
What was the one of the organisations with the biggest impact?
The church has a big control on medieval medicine.
The church supported ……
GALENS’s ideas heavily, much of Galens work was false because the church outlawed the dissection of people, and in the rare instances where the vivisection - live dissection of humans - was allowed, of criminals, when recordings disagreeing with Galens findings where found, these where explained away by the churches belief that criminals where damned by god and broken - imperfect.
