1. Images of the Black Death

2. Oriental Rat Flea – engorged with blood. This flea is the primary vector of plague in most large plague epidemics in Asia, Africa, and South America. Both male and female fleas can transmit the infection.

3. Flea on arm

4. Person with bubonic plague

5. Artwork inspired by the Black Death

6. Peter Bruegel (the elder) "Triumph of Death" (Black Plague) (Flemish artist, 1562, oil on panel, in Museo del Prado, Madrid. Peter Bruegel (the elder) "Triumph of Death" (Black Plague) (Flemish artist, 1562, oil on panel, in Museo del Prado, Madrid.

7. Mass Burial, Plague, Belgium 1349. Unknown artist.

8. Arnold Bocklin, "The Plague" 1898

9. Medieval Cathedrals

10. New Style: Gothic 12 th century 12 th century Pointed arches, ribbed vaults and flying buttresses Pointed arches, ribbed vaults and flying buttresses –Created the impression of reaching upward to God Stained glass windows Stained glass windows –Source of natural light, which symbolized the divine light of God

11. Scenes from the Passion of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics, 1244–1247 French; Made in Paris

12. Notre Dame Cathedral Paris, France built from 1163 to 1250

13. Leaf from a Royal Manuscript, with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis, ca. 1320–1342 Made in Bologna, Italy

14. Monastery Mid-12th century France

15. Bible, ca. 1175–1195 From the Abbey of Pontigny, France

16. Armor, 1400, Italian Steel, brass, textile

17. Shield, 7th century Italy Iron and bronze

18. Drawing of a walled medieval town

19. Medieval woman

20. Medieval women

21. Medieval castle