Medicine stands still - The Black Death in Britain

Question 1

when did the black death first strike?

Answer 1

in the 14th century

Question 2

Where was the black death located?

Answer 2

Europe

Question 3

What was the bubonic plague causes by?

Answer 3

Spread by bites of fleas and rats carried on ships

Question 4

What did the bubonic plague cause and what were the symptoms of it?

Answer 4

caused and symptoms of headaches high temerature and pus swellings on the skin

Question 5

What was the pnueumonic plague caused by?

Answer 5

The pneumonic plague was airbone meaning it was caused by coughs and sneezes?

Question 6

What did the pneumonic plague do to someone?

Answer 6

It attacked the lungs making it painful to breathe and causing victims to cough blood

Question 7

When did the plague disease first arrive in britain?

Answer 7

in 1348

Question 8

How much of the population do historians believe died during the plague?

Answer 8

A third

Question 9

What did they not know about the black death at the time?

Answer 9

What caused it

Question 10

What did people believe the cause for the black death was?

Answer 10

They believed it was a judgement from god
they belived its because of sins

Question 11

How did they try and prevent the black death from spreading

Answer 11

By praying and fasting

Question 12

What did others believe was the cause for the black death?

Answer 12

Imbalance of the 4 humurs

Question 13

How did they treat the imbalance of the 4 humors?

Answer 13

Through bloodletting and purging

Question 14

What did people who believed the disease to be caused by miasma carry?

Answer 14

herbs or lit fires to purify the air

Question 15

What did some people also carry?

Answer 15

Charms or magic potions containing arsenic

Question 16

What did local governments try do at the time?

Answer 16

Try to stop the spread of disease

Question 17

What did some people in the winchester believe caused disease?

Answer 17

Being too close to a body of a dead victim

Question 18

What did the townspeople do when the cemeterys became too full?

Answer 18

They insisted on building new cemeteries away from the houses instead of extending the previous ones

Question 19

What was one method done by the town of gloucester when the plauge was near?

Answer 19

They shut themself off from the outside world

Question 20

What did the “shutting off from the outside world” sugest they thought?

Answer 20

That human contact spread the plague

Question 21

Was the attempt of “shutting off from the outside world” successful?

Answer 21

NO

Question 22

When did the disease reach london?

Answer 22

nov 1348

Question 23

When did king edward III close down parliment?

Answer 23

jan 1349

Question 24

What did the black death do to britain?

Answer 24

Caused a lot of social change and lost a lot of workers

Question 25

What did fewer workers after the black death mean?

Answer 25

That the workers demanded higher wages and the cost of land decreasing

Question 26

What law was passed in 1349 to stop peasants buying land?

Answer 26

The ordinance of labourers

Question 27

What did some people think the black death helped cause?

Answer 27

The peasant revolt in 1381 and eventually the collapse of the fuedal system

Question 28

what was the feudal system?

Answer 28

The feudal system was a social structure where land was exchanged for loyalty and service.

Question 29

when did the plague start and end?

Answer 29

began in 1347 and ended around 1351