The Black Death

What country did the Black Death start in?

When did the plague first reach England?

• 1346

• 1347

• 1348

• 1349

What caused the Black Death?

How was the Black Death spread?

What plague am I?

"I come from a flea bite, I cause painful swellings in the armpits and groin, an intense fever and blisters over the body and death a few days after."

• Bubonic

• Septicemic

• Pneumonic

What plague am I?

"I am caused when the infection reaches the bloodstream. There are no buboes but the victim bleeds freely and the fingers, toes and nose turn black and begin to rot away."

• Bubonic

• Septicemic

• Pneumonic

What plague am I?

"I caught by breathing in cough droplets from someone who is already in infected by plague. The victim violently coughs up blood and may be dead within two days."

• Bubonic

• Septicemic

• Pneumonic

Name one medieval cause of the plague.

How did ordinary people try to cure the plague?

• They ate crushed emeralds

• They applied camomile lotion to their buboes

• They fumigated plague patients' houses with herbs

How did the church respond to the plague?

• They organised special services and processions

• They performed sacrifices

• Priests whipped themselves