The Black Death Scotland and Ireland

Background Information - Controlled by King of England - Centre of Ireland controlled by Normans - Normans lived in cities and towns - Outskirts and minor parts of Ireland held by Native Irish, the Irish therefore lived in dispersed rural settlements - Plague began 1348 in Pale Ireland Background Information

Scotland Background Information Ruling Monarch: David II Plague hit in 1350 Scottish army infected during battle against English

Chroniclers John Clynn (franciscan friar, Ireland) John of Fordun (Clerk of Aberdeen, Scotland)

Amount of Deaths John Clynn John of Fordun Avignon, Provence about 50 000 buried Lent in Kilkenny was worst, killing eight dominicans John of Fordun one out of three died Walter Bower 24 canons of St. Andrew’s cathedral died

Reactions to Plague - Scotland spent first year laughing at England’s misfortune, and assembled army to take advantage of the situation - In Ireland there was pilgrimage; as people turned to God in hope of survival - Ireland and Scotland avoided those with symptoms - no amount of medical knowledge to help anywhere

Map showing spread of Black Death