3. “It is impossible for the human tongue to recount the awful truth…. The victims died almost immediately. They would swell beneath the armpits and in the groin and fall over while talking. Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to strike through breath and sight…. In many places … great pits were dug and piled deep with the multitude of dead. And they died by the hundreds, both day and night”

6. THE BLACK DEATH

7. By the end of the lesson we should know… The ways people tried to cure and prevent the Black Death By the end of the lesson we should have discovered for ourselves… The Symptoms of the Black Death By the end of the lesson we might have worked out… What people thought caused the Black death

8. BUBONIC PNEUMONIC SEPTICEMIC

9. A SYMPTOM is… a sign that you have a certain illness

10. The word investigation means… trying to work out details about something by carefully looking at evidence

11. The word ‘natural’ (in this context) means… Something that can be explained through ‘common sense’ reasoning

12. The word SUPERNATURAL means… Something that cannot be explained, usually involving gods or spirits

13. Whips: Flagellants used them to whip themselves to say they were sorry to God for their sins Church bells: Rang continuously to push away bad air Ply well the scourge for Jesus’ sake, And God through Christ your sins shall take... Had it not been for our contrition All Christendom had met perdition.

14. Evidence box #2 Sweet smells (rosemary, lemon): To burn Sweet smells (herbs, pomanders): To carry with you Strong smells: To bathe in

15. Abracadabra! Magicians write it to ward off the evil eye! Amulets, emeralds & charms: To stop curses Frogs & chickens: Put on buboes to drain poison Urine: Drank it as a “cure”

16. Leeches: To suck out bad blood Clay & violets: Ointment applied to cuts Herbs: To help you purge ‘bad humours’

17. Tree resin, roots of lilies & human excrement (poo), Onions, butter, yeast & figs Smear onto buboes & then lance them!

18. Roasted shells, marigold, ale & treacle chopped up snake & wine Potions for drinking

19. Bread, fruit & vegetables: Avoid food that goes bad easily and smells bad such as meat and fish Orange with cloves: Carry around with you (if you are rich!)

20. Can you remember what all of these are used for?!