Day: January 25, 2019

The Black Death

The Black Death was a very deadly plague that killed almost 60% of the English population. It began in 1348 and ended in 1353.

Symptoms of the black death were: Boils, vomiting, fevers and chills. The plague was very contagious and 1 out of 3 people had it and died. When people did die, their bodies were burned but, this made the plague spread even quicker because others breathed in the smoke from the fires.

Doctors in that time were not like the ones we have today. They also didn’t know how what the plague was so, they didnt know how to treat it. They tried very dangerous practices but, this didnt help at all.

Some people had thought that the plague was judgment from the Father so, the did very cruel things to themselves, like whipping themselves in front of everyone thinking that it would make things better but, this made things even worse.

The Black Death had a huge affect on the economy of Europe. For example, men were to weak to plant crops that people started to starve and there was more deaths.

The plague finally died of around 1553 and it took even longer for Europe to go back to normal.