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The Plague

The Black Death. The Plague. Did the world need the plague?. Consequences and Effects of the Black Death plague Prices and Wages rose Greater value was placed on labor Farming land was given over to pasturing, which was much less labor -intensive *Information retrieved from:

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The Plague

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  1. The Black Death The Plague

  2. Did the world need the plague? • Consequences and Effects of the Black Death plague • Prices and Wages rose • Greater value was placed on labor • Farming land was given over to pasturing, which was much less labor-intensive *Information retrieved from: http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/black-death.htm

  3. Consequences and Effects of the Plague (cont.) • This change in farming led to a boost in the cloth and woolen industry • Peasants moved from the country to the towns • The Black Death was therefore also responsible for the decline of the Feudal system • People became disillusioned with the church and its power and influence went into decline • This resulted in the English reformation

  4. The Black Death Facts • This terrible plague started in Europe in 1328 and lasted until 1351 although there were outbreaks for the next sixty years - The disease was called the Black Death because one of the symptoms produced a blackening of the skin around the swellings or buboes. - Nearly one third of the population of died - about 200 million people in Europe • 7500 victims of the disease were dying every day

  5. Causes of the Plague • The Black Death was spread by fleas that were carried by rats or other small rodents • The spread of the Black Death followed all of the Trade Routes to every country • Contact with an infected person

  6. Symptoms of the Plague • Painful swellings (buboes) of the lymph nodes • These swellings, or buboes, would appear in the armpits, legs, or neck • A bubo was at first a red color. The bubo then turned a dark purple color, or black • a very high fever • Delirium

  7. Symptoms (continued) • the victim begins to vomit • muscular pains • bleeding in the lungs • mental disorientation • The plague also produced in the victim an intense desire to sleep, which, if yielded to, quickly proved fatal • Victims only lived between2 -4 days after contracting the deadly disease

  8. Treatments for the Plague • During the middle ages: - a concoction of herbs - leeching Today- antibiotics

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