Notes

• Plague started in black rat's blood stream
• within 8 years reached crimea
• used the soldiers infected with the plaugue to infect the place they had a siege on
• poisoned water supply
• 1347- they reached a harbor in Sicily..the rats came off the ship and the black death went to Europe
• people looked toward their priests
• whoever touches or is in contact with the person who has the plauge soon dies
• blisters, boils on arms and knecks...they got really big..by the 4th day you were dead
• buried people outside the city walls
• ships with rats and cargos was the fastest way to spread the disease
• people said that they should start fires to burn the plague..when it neared the Pope they built huge fires
• the heat kept the rats and fleas away
• the Pope fell ill and tried to heal himself- he put heat on himself and tried to draw blood..he recovered
• 2 types of plague-pneomonic (worse) and bionomic
• flagulence inflicted themselves with pain to try and get God to stop the plague
• Jews were massacred
• the movement stopped
• 1350- the plague stopped
• killed 1/3 of europes population
• Turning Point of Europe
• fleas transmitted the disease from the rats with a bite
• The church let doctrines take apart the bodies
• People believed in God more- but they had little faith in the church *