the black death

black Death

• The black death took place in the 14th century.
• It was uncommon to survive 
• The black death was also known as the Bubonic Plague
• It was transferred by rats and fleas.  
• "Ring Around the Rosy" is based off of the black death

symptoms

• chills, fever, general ill feeling, headache
• muscle pain, seizures, buboes, difficulty breathing
• you'd get symptoms 2-5 days after being exposed
• very slim chance of survival
• internal bleeding and coughing were also symptoms.

The Black Death spread throughout Europe by fleas on rats and when rats died the fleas went and then bit the people and then people spread it to other people.

About 40% of people died. It was so deadly because they didn't understand the concept of germs, also different ideas of how it started and how to treat it.

People reacted negatively to the plague, they were unsure how it was spread so they avoided contact with people who were not family or doctors.

The plague impacted the population, the religions, businesses and the arts.

Plague affecting power

• The royal family was more respected then people of religion
• Lower classes were more likely to get the plague living in bad homes 
• Religious people were less respected 
• Some merchants fled the area and some merchants stayed
• Everyone blamed the Jews so the Jews lost any power they had.

The plague affected medical people because it gave them more business because people were always coming to them for cures.

The plague impacted Europe's economy and society.

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