Black Death Lesson 2 Activitiy

Black Death Lesson 2 Activitiy

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Supertitious: The main cause of the Plague was the position of the planets: Saturn, Jupiter and Mars were very close together at that time. This is always a sign of terrible or wonderful things to come.’

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Religious: ‘In many German cities foreign Jews were believed to have caused the deaths by poisoning the wells. Many of these Jews, including women and children, were burnt alive. Many Jews were moneylenders, so they were unpopular anyway.’ - The Neuberg Chronicle (Germany)

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Religious: The Scots, hearing of the plague in England, said it was a punishment from God upon them. And so they planned to invade the country. But when they got to the border, they too caught the disease! Within a few days 5,000 of them had died, and the rest retreated back to their own country, taking the disease with them. - Henry Knighton (England)

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Religious: Fire from the heavens fell down like rain. It destroyed all the land and killed the people. Then there were huge amounts of smoke – anyone looking at this died in less than twelve hours. Also, anyone who looked at someone who had seen this smoke quickly died.’ - Chronicle of Este (France)

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Scientific: The disease was spread because of contagion. If a healthy man visited the plague victim, he usually died himself. ‘ - Jean de Venette (France)

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Scientific: To speak to or go near the sick brought infection and a common death to the living; and moreover, to touch the clothes or anything else the sick had touched or worn gave the disease to the person touching. - Boccaccio (Italy)

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What do you think is the most important reason for the cause of the Black Death?