How Did People React To The Black Death (1348)? Flashcards
What supernatural belief did people believe started the plague?
The unusual movement of planets
People carried around flowers, why?
To purify the air in their houses
Why did people not make eye contact with a plague victim?
As they believed it was possible to catch the disease by making eye contact
How much of Englands population died in 2 years?
60%
How many more outbreaks of the plague was there before 1500?
20
Was cleaning up the towns easy?
No, they were so messy
People believed that the plague was God ______
Punishing them
What did the churches host?
Special services/ proccesions
What was Miasma?
An invisible poison in the air
Why did people not take hot baths?
As they believed sweaty skin caused miasma
What was the only involvement the king had in the plague?
He wrote a letter to the Mayor
Why did people blood let?
To get rid of bad blood
What did people believe about the four humours?
That if they were unbalanced, you got the plague
Why did people burn Rosemary?
To purify the air in their houses
After 1400 where was the plague, mainly restricted to?
Towns
