1. The Middle Ages
By: Hannah Dickey
2nd Period

2. WHAT WAS IT?
 The Black Plague was a disease that killed millions
 It was carried to Europe from fleas on rats
 The disease was also carried on prairie dogs
 Yersinius pestis was the actual name of the disease that
was carried throughout Europe
 It was commonly known as the Black Death
 No one would kill the rats because rats were sacred to the
people of Europe

3. BLACK DEATH
 The Black Plague was one of the most interesting times
in English history.
 It started in Europe in 1328 and lasted until 1351, but
there were still outbreaks for the next 60 years.
 About one-third of the population was killed because of
the black plague

4.  People would try to lock their doors to protect
themselves
 At first they didn’t know rats were the reason for this;
they thought it was the Gods punishing them for being
wicked.

5. DEVASTATION
 This was a huge devastation to everyone who
experienced, and even to the people who didn’t experience
it.
 It caused the population to decrease by one half
 There was less trade and a decrease in tolerance
 Less fortunate people felt more equal because the
wealthier people were dying as well.
 Also, the agriculture extremely declined

6. SYMPTOMS
Common Symptoms
 High fever  Swelling of the lymph
nodes
 Delirium
 Swelling would appear in
 Vomiting
the armpits, legs, neck, or
 Muscle pains
groin
 Bleeding in the lungs
 These outbreaks were
 Mental disorientation
mostly red

7. THE CONSEQUENCES
 Prices and wages rose
 Decline of the Feudal
 Greater value was placed system
on labor
 Decline of the power of
 People lost their farms the Church because people
 Peasants moved from became disillusioned
countries to towns  English reformation

8. There were jus dead
bodies laying all over the
streets
There were
thousands of rats,
everywhere

9. The
When horrible
the site set
people people into
would devastation
die, they . Ashes
would pile and smoke
thousand filled the
air
s of
constantly,
bodies and the
over each towns were
other and jus sad,
set fire gloomy, and
to them dark
'Wretched, terrible, destructive
year, the remnants of the people
alone remain.'
-Anonymous

10. http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/black-death.htm
http://mr_sedivy.tripod.com/med_hist5.html
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/plague.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.sht
ml
http://www.freewebs.com/theblackplague/graph2.PNG