The Black Death

What is a Plague

• A contagious Virus which impacts the Immune System

• a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever, insanity, and formation of buboes, and sometimes an infection of the lungs

• A virial Infection of the Lungs

• A wound from Battle

How did the black death spread over the oceans

• By Birds

• Over trade routes

• Missionary work

• Captured fighters

How did the Plague spread

• Soldiers returning from the Crusades

• Rats on trading ships

• Airborne, meaning spread through the air

• Fleas who bit infected rats

Where did it originate?

• North Africa

• Central Asia

• The Americas

• Europe

One impact of the Plague

• Doubled the Population of Europe

• Killed 1/3 the population of

• Had little to no effect on the population

• Totally wiped out the Central Asian Population

a widespread occurrence of a disease

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Flu

• Disease

Which class of people where most greatly impacted

• Serf's

• Priest

• Nobels

• Every Class

What was the shift in power afterwards?

• From Monarchs to Knights

• Knights to Lords

• Peasants to Monarchs

• Lords to Peasants

How did the Plague contribute to the decline of Feudalism

• Stopped all legal reforms which gave power back to its original owners

• Desperate need for workers and now workers could demand more rights

• Gave more power to the clergy allowing them to gain more land and taxes

• Killed off everyone in the Feudal system

What was put into the "nose" of a plague doctor?

• Tissues

• Potpourri

• Garlic

• Open clean air