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The Black Death

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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THE PLAGUE

BY: LEXIANA ARI AND FAITH LUSINSKY
Photo by Ian Sane
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THE BEGINNING OF THE END

  • Wanted a scape goat
  • Golden age falls
  • Temperatures fall
  • War starts
  • Thought it was the end of the world
Photo by kevin dooley
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HOW IT STARTED

  • Mongols
  • Spread from China to Europe
  • Mongols attacked with dead bodies
  • Biological war
  • Fleas and rats
Photo by Faugel
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RELIGION

  • Thought it was happened because of sins
  • Some priests were considered corrupt
  • Blames Jews for the plague
  • Jews had to have permission to be in the town
Photo by onkel_wart (thomas lieser)
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ILLNESS EFFECTS

  • Bumps on neck, groin & armpits
  • Death would come if it reached lungs
  • Contagious
  • Fever
  • Vomiting blood
Photo by v1ctory_1s_m1ne
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SOCIETY EFFECTS

  • Killed 40-60% of Europe
  • 50% of Britain died
  • Rumors that humanity was being wiped out
  • Torched villages to get rid of evil
  • Couldn't escape
Photo by micadew
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HOW THE PLAGUE LED TO THE RENAISSANCE

Photo by Stuck in Customs
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People lucky enough to survive the plague soon found themselves better off both financially and socially.

Photo by Stuck in Customs

Holly Steele