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What did people think caused the Black death?

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What did people think caused the Black death?

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In the Middle Ages people didn't know what actually caused the Black Death. Therefore, they blamed it on other things such as:
- Jews poisoning wells
- Miasma (bad/ smelly air)
- Some people  believe that the Plague was a punishment sent from God for their sins. They thought that the best way to get rid of you wickedness was to beat it out of you. In Europe, flagellants went around whipping themselves.

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Most historians believe that the Black Death killed half the population. In some places, eg the village of West Thickley in County Durham, it killed everybody. The death-rate was especially bad in monasteries, where the monks stayed together and cared for each other.

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Factors that made The Black Death worse...

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Factors that made The Black Death worse...

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- Poor medical knowledge: medieval doctors did not know about disease, therefore, had limited ability to cure it.
- Poor public health: medieval town had no system of drains, sewers, or rubbish collection. In such dirty conditions, rats lived and germs could grow
- Bad harvests: when the plague hit, there was bad harvest and people weren't as strong and healthy as normal.

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The Black Death symptoms and signs include:
- Black boils
- Chills
- Headache
- Fever
- Weakness
- Abdominal pain
- Shock

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What were the cures they used to treat The Black Death?

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What were the cures they used to treat The Black Death?

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they never really knew how to cure the black death but here were some of the treatments they tried....
- cooked onions
- ten-year-old treacle
-arsenic
-crushed emeralds
-sitting in the sewers
-sitting next to fires
-filling your house with herbs to get rid of bad smells
-whipping themselves as they thought the black death was a punishment from God.

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How were towns a breeding ground for disease?

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How were towns a breeding ground for disease?

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Towns were very crowded which meant hygiene was poor. Germs were not yet discovered so there was no known ways of preventing them.

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How did The Black Death arrive in Europe?

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How did The Black Death arrive in Europe?

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The black death was caused by fleas, that carried a disease now known as the black death. These fleas lived on rats that passed the disease onto the humans in Europe. A ship sailing in from the South carried these rats into Europe unintentionally.