1. The Black Death

2. There are 3 questions for today
Key questions
There are 3 questions for today
1.What is the “Black Death”? 2.What caused the Black Death? 3.What were the consequences?

3. Where did the Black Death come from?

4. The plague arrives 14th Century Biological Warfare
Italian merchants brought it from Caffa
Followed Trade Routes
Italian cities hit the hardest

5. What caused the plague?
The Oriental Rat Flea!

6. How was the plague transmitted?

7. What were the symptoms of the plague?

8. The most common form of the Black Death was the BUBONIC PLAGUE!

9. Cures?
Medieval people did not know about germs causing disease. They did not understand that plague was spread by rats and fleas. They thought that people’s bodies were poisoned.
If the swellings burst and the poison came out people sometimes survived. It seemed sensible to draw out the poison.

10. Medieval cure number 1
The swellings should be softened with figs and cooked onions. The onions should be mixed with yeast and butter. Then open the swellings with a knife.

11. Medieval cure number 2
Take a live frog and put its belly on the plague sore. The frog will swell up and burst. Keep doing this with further frogs until they stop bursting. Some people say that a dried toad will do the job better.

12. Anti-Semitism Hostility towards Jews Why Jews flee to Poland
Because they can
No allowed to own land
Jews flee to Poland
No plague there
Even more reason to blame the Jews

13. Consequences Trade Declines Price of Labor Rises Falling Food Prices
Decrease in Serfdom