Plague Assignment

WHAP

Please visit the sites below and then answer the following questions.

http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html

http://www.iath.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/

http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic428.htm

http://www.edstephan.org/Graunt/pictures/pictures.html

1) What were the causes of the plague? (Hint it may have been more than just fleas!)

2) Where did the plague come from and how did it get to European fleas?

3) When did it arrive in Europe? What impact did it have on the native population there?

4) How did the Plague kill? (Hint there were 3 main types of plague each with their own pathology).

5) Which picture best captures the scene of the plague? Why?

6) What parts of Europe were most affected by the plague?

7) Outline and explain what people of that time thought caused the plague? What were some of the “cures” they tried?

8) Compare and contrast the impact the plague had on Florence, Pistoia and Lucca? Was there a class distinction between who was affected by the plague? What effect did the plague have on these cities? How did they deal with the plague? Similarities and differences in their experience of the plague?

9) What was the long term effect of the Plague on Europe? The rest of the world?