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The Black Death
Plague Doctors
A plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of bubonic plague. These doctors were hired by people to help infected patients regardless of status.
Most plague doctors wore a uniform consisting of an ankle-length coat and a
mask shaped like a birds beak, along with boots, gloves, a wooden cane and a wide-brimmed hat (to show authority).
The mask (despite the weird appearance) acted as a gas mask that was designed to protect its wearer from the foul odours associated with the plague.
Wooden canes were used in many different ways, such as pointing out areas that needed attention, examining patients without contact and keeping people away without having to touch them.
The Black Death was given its name due to the blackened tissue and blotches on the skin of victims due to gangrene and subcutaneous haemorrhages.
The Black Death was a pandemic that caused chaos throughout Medieval Europe from 1347 to 1352 CE, killing an estimated 25-30 million people. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history.
After the Black Plague, there was a slump in trade, as well as a large chunk of the population gone.
The Black Death had many different severe symptoms such as:
Fever and chills
Extreme weakness
Abdominal pain
Diarrhoea and vomiting
Bleeding from your mouth, nose or rectum or under your skin
Shock
Blackening and death of tissue (gangrene) in your extremities, most commonly your fingers, toes and nose
The Black Death spread by flea-ridden rats on boats and fleas on the bodies and clothes of travellers that were infected with the disease. The trade routes also played a large roll in how the Black Death spread so far across Asia and Europe.
Victims often died within 12 hours of being bitten.
Some people believed that those who followed a different religion had poisoned the wells.
Some people believed that people who were contracting this disease were being punished by god.
Some people thought that bad air was responsible for the disease.
Some people thought the position of the planets had caused the plague.
After people began to realise how fast the Black Death was spreading, they gave it the name "The Bubonic Plague'. It has also been called "The Great Mortality".
The Bubonic Plague is an infection very similar to that of the Black Death.
Is is also caused by the Black Death.
There are still cases recorded of a variant of the Bubonic Plague today.
Positives and Negatives of the Plague
Positives
Improvements in medicine
Demand for new jobs to be filled
A pause in war
A new approach to life
Negatives
Trade suffered for a time
Many labourers died
Funerals/burials were discarded, mass burials, no church.
Work wasn't getting done
Chaos everywhere
A drastic drop in population and social instability
Although the plague was very detrimental to society, there were still some positives and negatives.
Hierarchy
A hierarchy is a system of organizing people into a ranking of authority or levels of importance.
The hierarchy of Medieval Europe was sorted into four main groups, the Nobles (Kings, Queens, Lords, Bishops), the Knights, the Clergy (Church) and the peasants (farmers, tradesmen).
The hierarchy worked in a way that meant people at the top of the 'pyramid' had more power than the people below them. This meant that royalty had power over almost everyone that they ruled.
The hierarchy is also known as the feudal system.
In some cases, Church authorities held more power than kings or queens.
The church was considered independent meaning they did not have to pay the king any tax for their land. Leaders of the church became rich and powerful.
Church
The church was made of the clergy. These were the religious people of the Medieval England. The order of rank was bishops, priests, monks and nuns. As time grew on, the pope (who was head of the church)gained influence over the king and total control of the clergy.
The church held massive control over the people of Medieval England and their beliefs.
The plague created religious, social and economic upheavals.
When people in the clergy and of higher power started getting infected by this plague, people stopped believing that God was punishing them and the importance of the church lessened.
Medieval Europe
