1. The Black Death

2. What is the Black Death? Called the Bubonic Plague
Spread quickly from
Climate change led to little food and cold weather
People were poor & hungry

3. Results of the Plague 1/3 of the people living in Europe died
By 1350, 2.5 million people in England were dead

4. Where in the World did it come from?

5. Causes of the Plague Disease carried by rats
Fleas would suck blood from the rats
Fleas carried the infected blood & would bite other animals or people
This passed the disease to more animals & people

9. Reaction to the Plague People didn’t know why people were getting sick
People didn’t know how to cure the disease
Most people believed they were being punished by God for their sins

12. People became obsessed with death

13. Healers

14. What it looks like today!

15. Cures Europeans didn’t know about germs or disease
At first, they thought people were poisoned
Sometimes, the boils would pop and people would survive
Healers started popping the boils to remove the “poison”

16. Effects of the Plague
Hurts trade: people didn’t want other people coming in from other places for fear they would bring disease
Ends feudalism/manor system: there are less workers, which means peasants & serfs can ask to get paid more money
Church loses influence: the church wasn’t able to stop the plague
Persecution of Jews: Christians blamed Jews for bringing the plague