1. The Black Death
Iva Vaňkátová
1. mcr

2. Introduction: Plague has been occured since the ancient world
Already mentioned by: Homer
Thukydides
Vergilius
Plague is also mentioned in the Bible.

3. Plague is called black death because of characteristic black spots, which appear on the skin of affected people

4. Plague – specific infection
Affects mainly wild living rodents and other small mammals
Transmitted by parasites ( mainly by fleas)

5. Three forms of Black Death
Bubonic
Pneumonic
Septicemic
Each different form killed people in a vicious way.
What the plague affects:

6. The bubonic plague Most commonly seen form of the Black death
Mortality rate: 30-75%
Symptoms: enlarged and inflamed lymph nodes (around arm pits, neck and groin)
Headaches, nausea, aching joints, fever, vomiting
Symptoms took from 1-7 days

7. The pneumonic plague Second most commonly seen form
Mortality rate: 90-95%
The penumonic plague infected the lungs
Symptoms: slimy sputum tinted with blood ( sputum is saliva mixed with mucus exerted from the respiratory system)
Symptoms took 1-7 days to appear

8. The septicemic plague The most rare form of all
Mortality was close to 100%

9. How it was transmitted

10. European outbreak Infection spread to the Europe from West Asia
October 1347 Messina
1347 Genoa, Venice
From Italy to: France, Spain, Portugal and England ( by June 1348), Germany, Scandinavia and finally to north-western Russia in1351

12. People burnt clothes of the dead to avoid spreading the infection

13. The absence of hygiene was one of the reasons why the infection spread so fast

14. How the doctors protected themselves

15. Effects- population loss
In Europe 20 to 25 million people ( one third of population)
England lost almost one million people

16. Economic changes
Valuable artisan skills disappeared when large numbers of the working class died
Those who had skills became even more valuable than the rich people
The poor demand more money
End of serfdom
More comfortable life for peasants – enough money for better houses

17. The Effect on Music and Art
People‘s attitudes towards music and art changed as they began to see the depression surrounding them

18. World Distribution of Plague
Central Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia,part of China, south-west and south-east Asia
East Africa, Madagaskar
Andes and Brasil in South America, North America

19. Occurence of illness in last years ( source WHO)
WHEN
WHERE
HOW MANY
HOW MANY DIED
2001
Zambia 21 3
2002
India 19 4
2003
Malawi 71 ??
2004
Algeria 10 1
2005
Congo
130 57

20. Nowadays plague doesn‘t represent such danger as in the Middle Ages
Nowadays plague doesn‘t represent such danger as in the Middle Ages. It is quite quickly and reliably curable with strong antibiotics.

21. Vocabulary Bubonic- dýmějový Depiction – zobrazení Droplet- kapénka
Groin- slabina
Lymphatic gland- lymfatická žláza
Lymph-node
mízní uzlina
Mucus – hlen
Mud – bláto
Peasant – rolník
Pneumonic – plicní
Rodent – hlodavec
Septicemic – střevní
Serfdom - nevolnictví
Sputum- slina
Thatch – došek
Windpipe - průdušky