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Black Death (Plagues)
The Black Death, an outbreak of bubonic plague, was one of the deadliest pandemics in Human History. It forever changed the face of Europe. It led to a new way of thinking and dealt a serious blow to the Roman Catholic Church.
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How did the great fire of London help the plague?
It helped to get rid of the plague, in many ways including killing a lot of rats. However the plague had died down, by the winter of 1665, meaning that although it helped get rid of the plague for good the plague had already died down by the time of the fire.
How did you get pneumonic plague from bubonic plague?
You got it through a rat flea that infected you.
How many people in Eyam died of the 1665 plague?
When the Plague arrived in Eyam, the decision was made to quarantine the entire village to prevent further spread of the disease. The plague raged in the village for 16 months and killed at least 260 villagers: only 83 villagers survived out of a population of 350. 75%
How did the Plague end and when?
The Black Death or Bubonic Plague had more or less ran its courses in the 1350s, after killing 60% of the European population. The last cases of the Plague were seen in England in 1353, but recurrences continued for decades.
What was the result of the tenth plague of egypt?
After his son died in the Tenth Plague (death of the first-born), Pharaoh "expelled" the Israelites from Egypt (Exodus ch.12), essentially granting the demands of Moses.
How did the people think the plague was transferred?
The black plague was transmitted through the bites of infected fleas. Cities were populated by rats, who were carrying the fleas. Such fleas would bite an infected person before biting another person, thus transmitting the disease.
How did the bubonic plague affect the rich?
The church promised cures, treatment, and an explanation for the disease. They said it was God's will, but the reason for this awful punishment was unknown. People wanted answers, but the priests and bishops didn't have any. The clergy abandoned their Christian duties and fled. People prayed to God and begged for forgiveness.
What were the living conditions like during the 1800's?
The Black Death arrived in Europe by sea in October 1347 when 12 Genoese trading ships docked at the Sicilian port of Messina after a long journey through the Black Sea.
The people who gathered on the docks to greet the ships were met with a horrifying surprise: Most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead, and those who were still alive were gravely ill. They were overcome with fever, unable to keep food down and delirious from pain. Strangest of all, they were covered in mysterious black boils that oozed blood and pus and gave their illness its name: the "Black Death." The Sicilian authorities hastily ordered the fleet of "death ships" out of the harbor, but it was too late: Over the next five years, the mysterious Black Death would kill more than 20 million people in Europe - almost one-third of the continent's population.
What were your chances of surviving the plague?
According to the surviving number of the population: fifty fifty.
How many people died by plague in five years?
Experts in Health say it was the deadliest disaster ever. It affected most of the Roiman Empire and Asia. It spread from Japan to Cape Verde and Russia to Sri Lanka. The experts also state that 80,000,000 to 120,000,000 died. Others state that most likely 100,000,000 died.
How did the Plague affect the theatres?
they were affected by not having anybody come. no buisness. plus police usually shut them down because they were afraid that it would spread even faster.
What was some diseases of the middle ages?
There were many types of disease in medieval Europe. But the most common were: measles, cholera, and scarlet fever. The most feared disease was the Bubonic Plague also known as the "Black Death" No one knew how the disease was spread.
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What is social perspectives factors can affect people's views and attitudes towards death and dying?
· Service users may feel more comfortable if there culture is still present while they die
· Service users may only want medicines which are used in their culture
What direction did the black death spread during the Th century?
The plague seems to have started in China in the 1330s.
In 1347, armies attacking the town of Caffa in the Crimea, catapulted plague corpses into the town. The Italian merchants took the plague with them to Sicily in October 1347. From there then to Europe.
Did any animals die from the bubonic plague?
yes,you can get the bubonic plague from animals if you ever get really get close to an animal that is sick.Back then they called it the Black Death witch killed lots of people.
How did European population become infected by the plague?
Black Death killed 75 to 200 million people. Population decreased by 30-60%.
What were three effects of the bubonic plague on late medieval Europe?
Facts:
75 million people were killed
it took 150 years for Europe's population to recover
started in china or central Asia
rarley lived more than 3 or 4 days
reduced worlds population by 400 million
one of the symptoms are painful swellings (buboes) would apper on
your leg, or armpit, or groin.
more priests got killed than any other
They had witch doctors who had crazy cure ideas such as jumping over a bag of lavender
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What was the most common treatment for the bubonic plague?
They didn't have one when the huge death toll happened. They didn't treat patients for fear of catching it themselves. The hospitals were closed. The churches were closed. It was awful. Now, though, you can cure it with antibiotics.
How did people protect themselves from the black death in the middle ages?
They got themselves inoculated. Inoculation is when you chose a vein for the 'doctors' to cut open so they could stuff pus in it. That pus is from a person who has smallpox. That infected pus is meant to make you immune to smallpox. This means you will never have smallpox. After they stuff pus in your vein they sew it which means it leaves a really big scar. The people who got themselves inoculated eventually got smallpox or died after the inoculation because they had a vein cut open.
How did the plague help feudalism?
The "Black Death" (the Bubonic plague) put a premium on well bodied, able servants (the serfs). It's hard to maintain such a feudal system when thousands were dying every day across the continent, including soldiers and nobles. A plague free serf or servant was a highly desirable commodity. They began to be offered more for their work and labor. If the master didn't provide it, there were other lords willing to pay for their services. If anything, it began to improve the serf's and servant's lot in life.
What countries in Europe had Black Death spread to by 1348?
All of Europe and the British Isles. It came via Italy by ships from Asia. The rats on the ships carried the fleas that gave the plague to Europe. In Venice Italy alone 5,000 people a day died and were exiled to an island off the coast.
