BUBONIC PLAGUE

Lindsey Sundvik

Cara Wanamaker

Period: 7

Causes In the 1200s, Mongol

armies conquered much of Asia probably setting off the epidemic [outbreak of spreading disease]

Flea infested rats rats spread plague

Effects: Normal Life Breaks Down Brought terror and

bewilderment to the people Survivors lived life at their

fullest although, some lived in fear

Citizens either hid in their homes, or fled to the countryside

Effects: Economy Suffers As farm workers died,

production declined Inflation from the cost of

labor Survivors demanded

higher wages Villagers forced off land

and must look for work in town

Peasant revolts

Effects: Upheaval In The Church

Spiritual crisis, scandal, and division of the Roman Catholic Church

Priests and monks died during the plague

Unable to provided strong leadership

Reformers Work for Change Pope Clement V moved

the papal court to Avignon outside the border of France Reigned over lavish court Anti-clerical sentiment grew

1378- Reformers elect their own Pope to rule from Rome, while French cardinals choose a rival Pope

Schism (split) in the churchPope Clement V

Resolution The church council

in Constance, Germany, ended the crisis by removing all authority from all the three popes

Pope Martin V brought the papacy back to Rome

John Wycliffe Wycliffe revolted

against the church and believed the Bible was the source of Christian truth

Oxford students carried Wycliffe ideas to Hus in Bohemia

Jan Hus Hus led the call for

reform in Bohemia Followers were the

Hussites Church responded

by persecuting Wycliffe and suppressing the Hussites

Symptoms Egg sized lumps

under arms Fevers Vomiting Black spots cause

by internal bleeding Spitting blood

“Cures” Christians blamed the

Jews for the Plague and thought they poisoned their wells thousands of Jews were slaughtered

Others tried magic and witchcraft

God’s Punishment people beat themselves with whips to repent for their sinsDoctors wore leather masks with

glass eyes and long beaks filled with herbs and spices in hopes to ward off infection.

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