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The Black Death 1347 - 1353

Ch. 10 Europe in the Middle Ages. The Black Death 1347 - 1353. Bubonic Plague. Scientific Name: Yersinia Pestis Spread: Transferred from rats to flees to humans Symptoms: Day 3-6: Severe Fever and Weakens. Chills. (Flu Like Symptoms)

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The Black Death 1347 - 1353

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  1. Ch. 10 Europe in the Middle Ages The Black Death 1347 - 1353

  2. Bubonic Plague • Scientific Name: Yersinia Pestis • Spread: Transferred from rats to flees to humans • Symptoms: • Day 3-6: Severe Fever and Weakens. Chills. (Flu Like Symptoms) • Day 3-14: Development of Buboes; Vomiting of Blood • >Day 14: Death • Mortality Rate: 40-60% Untreated; 10% Treated

  3. Septicemic Plague • Scientific Name: Yersinia Pestis • Spread: Transferred through Blood • Symptoms: • Develops from untreated Bubonic Plague • Gangrene • Mortality Rate: 100% Untreated; 40% Treated

  4. Pneumonic Plague • Scientific Name: Yersinia Pestis • Spread: Airborne • Symptoms: • 1-3 Days: Severe Fever, Weakness, Cough • 3-5 Days: Death • Mortality Rate: 100% Untreated; 40% Treated

  5. The Black Death Game No one gets out alive!

  6. Stopping the Plague • Science • 2. Religion • Blame

  7. Attempts to Stop the Plague Flagellants:Self-inflicted “penance” for our sins!

  8. Effects • Fear of Death • 2. Removal of bodies • Lack of authority • Restructure of • social classes

  9. Art and Literature Ring around the Rosie, Pocket full of posies Ashes. Ashes we all fall down.

  10. The Great Schism • By the beginning of the 1300’s the Pope’s power began to decline • Kings began taxing the local Bishops

  11. Pope at Avignon • The French King arrests the Pope in Rome and takes him back to France. • Pope Dies • France engineers the election of a French Pope who resides in Avignon instead of Rome. • 1305-1377 Avignon Popes

  12. TWO POPES???? WHHHAAAATTTT??? • 1377-1417 • The Papal Cardinals elect an Italian Pope who moves back to Rome • French Cardinals elect a French Pope who remains in Avignon • Decline in Papal Power

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