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The medieval people didn't know the cause of the Black Death, so they came up with some absurd causes. The Christians believed that the Jews were trying to kill them through poisoning the wells and the air. As the source states, the Christian's actions towards the Jews, were diabolical-forcing them to Christianity or burning them.

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Most real doctors left cities, but those who stayed wore beaked masks with herbs in it incase the plague spread through the air. The doctors of the Black Death were unsuccessful with cures because they didn't know-what caused the plague (rats) or how the plague spread (fleas).

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The impact on families was horrible, as shown in this source. The source describes what the  plague does to families when saying it "breaks the bond of affection," meaning that the plague would destroy families because it would infect one member and the others have the choice of leaving or, most likely, infect others.

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The medieval people didn't have much or any knowledge of the Black Death. Some people believed it was caused by God punishing them for sinning against him. So the people thought that if they won God's forgiveness they would be cured or wouldn't contract the plague.

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The Black Death spread from rats to humans. Fleas would carry the disease and when rats died from it the fleas would find a new host. If it was a human they would then become infected with the disease. The plague wiped out 69% of Europe's population with 100's of people dying each week.

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When the plague hit different areas people started dying more and more everyday. People would be found dead on the streets and in their houses. Cemeteries were becoming overcrowded with dead bodies, everyday it would fill up some more, this is what lead to mass burials. People would be dumped on top of each other and then buried under large graves.
"At every church they dug deep pits down to the water-table; and thus those who were poor who died during the night were bundled up quickly and thrown into the pit. In the morning when a large number of bodies were found in the pit, they took some earth and shovelled it down on top of them; and later others were placed on top of them and then another layer of earth, just as one makes lasagne with layers of pasta and cheese."

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It was believed that the Black Death spread through cities through the air so many people would burn herbs and put them into specially designed masks  like the one bellow. Houses would also have burnt herb smells flowing throughout. Back in the Middle Ages people were also very superstitious so they thought that the Black Death was Gods punishment, so people prayed to God

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The black death was one of the most devastating plagues in history-killing nearly 200 million people in Europe. Medicine eventually discovered that a blood transfusion from a person exposed to the plague but didn't succumb could save lives. The human race is experiencing a different kind of plague today, but it's possible to be saved from it.

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The impact of towns and cities was devastating. Whole towns were destroyed. The people who survived were left to get rid of the many bodies, as shown in the mass burials articles. Some people tried to flee their towns and cities but were turned away by other towns and cities. This shows that everyone was turning against each other.

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Due to the Black Death many people fled from cities and abandoned their friends and family. The rats that caused the disease travelled on ships so it was very hard for people to exchange goods in fear of spreading the plague. Lords would move and serfs would change to different lord who would buy them straight away.

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The infected would have a horrible experience, as described in the source. While undergoing extreme pain and discomfort, the infected would also have to face-their family, choices and ultimately, death. If a parent got infected then they would have to choose whether to leave the family, to attempt to protect their them or stay and, most likely infect them too. If a child got infected, their parents may try to save the other children and send them away or stay and, most likely infect their family.

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The Black Death came in three forms-pneumonic, septicaemia and bubonic. The
pneumonic type, as shown in the source targets and kills the victim through the the lungs,  "the organism settles in the lungs and over a couple of days, the lungs liquefy and the victim coughs them up." The septicaemia type targeted the blood stream, which stops the victim's ability to clot, so they are-"essentially bleeding to death from everywhere, at the same time." The bubonic type was the most common, and targeted the immune system, causing it to become inflamed
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The Black Death which is believed to have started in around 1348. The disease was spread by rats which carried fleas these fleas were the ones to hold the disease. There were three types of the plague bubonic, septicaemic and pneumonic. These three types caused internal bleeding which the occurred black bruising.