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THE BLACK DEATH
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The Triumph of Death" reflects the social upheaval and terror that followed the plague that devastated medieval Europe. Thought by most to be a scourge of the past, the bacteria of the plague still appears from time to time and has even been researched as a biological weapon by some countries.
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The Black Death• The Black Death is thought
to have originated in China.
• It was carried in the fleas that lived on black rats aboard merchant ships which travelled to Europe.
• The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30-60% of Europe’s population
• The Black Death was the most devastating pandemic in human history
• Pandemic-(of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic
• Black Death peaked in 1348 in Europe
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Key Dates relating to the event: This terrible plague started in Europe in 1328 and lasted until 1351 although there were outbreaks for the next sixty years
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Why was the disease called the Black Death?
• The disease was called the Black Death because one of the symptoms produced a blackening of the skin around the swellings. or buboes. The buboes were red at first, but later turned a dark purple, or black. When a victim's blood was let the blood that exuded was black, thick and vile smelling with a greenish scum mixed in it.
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The 1328 outbreak in China caused the population to drop from 125 million to 90 million in just fifty years
• Nearly one third of the population of died - about 200 million people in Europe
7500 victims of the disease were dying every day
• The Black Death in England raged from 1348-1350
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WHY THE BLACK DEATH WAS IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND
The population drop resulted in a higher value being placed on labour - the Peasants Revolt followed in 1381. Farming changed and the wool industry boomed. People became disillusioned with the church and its power and influence went into decline.
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What was it called?Medieval people called the Black death:
“Great Plague”
“Great Mortality”
• “Great Pestilence”
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Black Death Symptoms
• Painful swellings (buboes) of the lymph nodes• These swellings, or buboes, would appear in the armpits, legs, neck, or groin
• A bubo was at first a red color. The bubo then turned a dark purple color, or black
• Other symptoms of the Black Death included:
• a very high fever
• delirium
• the victim begins to vomit
• muscular pains
• bleeding in the lungs
• mental disorientation
• The plague also produced in the victim an intense desire to sleep, which, if yielded to, quickly proved fatal
• A victim would die quickly - victims only lived between 2 -4 days after contracting the deadly disease
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Black Death Victims in the Middle Ages - Treatments
The Black Death victims in the Middle Ages were terrified of the deadly disease. The plague held a massive mortality rate between 30 and 40%. Victims had no idea what had caused the disease. Neither did the physicians in the Middle Ages.
• The most that could be done was that various concoctions of herbs might be administered to relieve the symptoms - there was no known cure.
Headaches were relieved by rose, lavender, sage and bay. • Sickness or nausea was treated with
wormwood, mint, and balm.• Lung problems were treated with
liquorice and comfrey. • Vinegar was used as a cleansing
agent as it was believed that it would kill disease.
• But bloodletting was commonly thought to be one of the best ways to treat the plague. The blood that exuded was black, thick and vile smelling with a greenish scum mixed in it.
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Black Death in England - 1348-1350
• The Black Death reached England in 1348
• The plague reached England during the summer months between June and August.
• The Back Death reached London by 1st November 1348. London was a crowded, bustling city with a population of around 70,000.