The Black Death by Esha https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t By Natalia & Esha en-us 2017-10-11 12:47:39 UTC 2023-09-25 23:58:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png How did The Black Death arrive in Europe? 0057741 https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/195996008 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.]]> 2017-10-11 13:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/195996008 Factors that made The Black Death worse... 0057741 https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/195999176 - 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. ]]> 2017-10-11 13:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/195999176 What were the cures they used to treat The Black Death? 0057741 https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/196003075 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.]]> 2017-10-11 13:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/196003075 0057741 https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/196007187 2017-10-11 13:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/196007187 Symptoms of the Black Death 0057741 https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/196008046 The Black Death symptoms and signs include:
- Black boils
- Chills
- Headache
- Fever
- Weakness
- Abdominal pain
- Shock]]> 2017-10-11 13:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/196008046 How were towns a breeding ground for disease? 0057741 https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197677657 Towns were very crowded which meant hygiene was poor. Germs were not yet discovered so there was no known ways of preventing them.]]> 2017-10-17 08:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197677657 nataliaantoniw https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197678921 2017-10-17 08:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197678921 nataliaantoniw https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197682094 2017-10-17 08:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197682094 Deaths 0057741 https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197682453  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. ]]> 2017-10-17 08:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197682453 What did people think caused the Black death? nataliaantoniw https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197683151 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. ]]> 2017-10-17 08:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197683151 nataliaantoniw https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197687515 2017-10-17 09:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/0057741/xdmzkascec7t/wish/197687515