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    The Black Death was a devastating pandemic that spread rapidly across Europe between 1347 and 1353. People who contracted the plague, known as the bubonic plague, experienced painful swellings called buboes, as well as fever, vomiting and other symptoms, often leading to death within a few days. While the exact causes were unknown in the Middle Ages, the plague was actually caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which was often transmitted via fleas that lived on rodents. The pandemic caused a massive reduction in European population levels.

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    The Black Death was a devastating pandemic that spread rapidly across Europe between 1347 and 1353. People who contracted the plague, known as the bubonic plague, experienced painful swellings called buboes, as well as fever, vomiting and other symptoms, often leading to death within a few days. While the exact causes were unknown in the Middle Ages, the plague was actually caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which was often transmitted via fleas that lived on rodents. The pandemic caused a massive reduction in European population levels.

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    The Black Death was a devastating pandemic that spread rapidly across Europe between 1347 and 1353. People who contracted the plague, known as the bubonic plague, experienced painful swellings called buboes, as well as fever, vomiting and other symptoms, often leading to death within a few days. While the exact causes were unknown in the Middle Ages, the plague was actually caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which was often transmitted via fleas that lived on rodents. The pandemic caused a massive reduction in European population levels.

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    The Black Death


    Black Death - Overview
    1. https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-death
    2. Video
    What was the black death?
    What is the black
    death?
    • The black death was known as the plague. In the
    14th century it spread rapidly across Europe,
    causing a massive reduction in the population
    • People who caught the disease had swellings on
    their bodies, sometimes as big as eggs. Then the
    black spots would appear, which gave the disease
    its name.
    • A medieval description of the plague:
    What is the black death?
    • It spread rapidly through Europe between 1347 and 1353.

    • Lets see how it spread


    Symptoms of the
    Black Death
    • Blood and pus seeped out of
    these strange swellings, which
    were followed by a host of
    other unpleasant symptoms—
    fever, chills, vomiting, diarrhea,
    terrible aches and pains—and
    then, in short order, death.
    Symptoms Continued
    • The Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio wrote, “at the beginning of the malady, certain swellings,
    either on the groin or under the armpits…waxed to the bigness of a common apple, others to
    the size of an egg, some more and some less, and these the vulgar named plague-boils.”
    How did people in the middle ages think it
    spread?
    • No one knew exactly how the Black Death was transmitted from one patient to another, and
    no one knew how to prevent or treat it. According to one doctor, for example, “instantaneous
    death occurs when the aerial spirit escaping from the eyes of the sick man strikes the healthy
    person standing near and looking at the sick.”

    • But they did have some theories


    Theory 1: Bad air
    • Many believed that diseases, including the plague, were carried by "bad air" or foul odors from swamps or
    decaying things. They tried to purify the air using herbs and incense.
    Theory 2: Supernatural Belief
    • Some thought celestial events like comets or divine punishment caused the plague. They also blamed
    witchcraft and persecuted alleged witches.
    Theory 3: Close Contact
    • A few recognized that being near an infected person could spread the disease. Isolation and quarantine were
    sometimes used to prevent the spread.
    Theory 4: Religious Explanations
    • The plague was seen as a punishment from God or the result of moral decay, leading to religious rituals and
    penance.

    • These beliefs reflected their limited scientific knowledge, and the true cause of the plague wasn't understood
    until much later when bacteria and disease transmission were studied in more detail.
    How the plague actually spread
    • There were 2 types of plague:
    • Bubonic plague: was the more common type and was carried in the bloodstream of rats. Fleas but the rats
    and became infected. Then they hopped on to other rats or humans, bit them and passed on the disease.

    • Pneumonic Plague: less common, but more deadly. It was caught by breathing in the germs released when
    and infected person coughed or sneezed.
    Aftermath?

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